Amber Crossman

Amber Crossman

I am a contemporary artist based in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty, creating bold, expressive work that sits between abstraction and expressionism. Following a significant personal loss, I returned to my practice with renewed urgency, reshaping my connection to time and creativity. Largely self-taught, my practice is instinctive and emotionally driven, merging the human form with expressive colour, energetic mark-making, and layered texture. I focus on capturing presence—movement and emotion—over perfect representation. The female form is central to my work, celebrating lived experience and they stories they hold. My palette is strongly influenced by nature, the vivid light and dramatic sunsets.