Amanda oleander

Love has always been a source of the greatest creative ideas for artists and everyone who has been in love at least once understands why. The world fills up with butterflies and rainbows which you want to experience with newly enhanced senses and the perfect significant other by your side. But the truth is that there isn’t such a thing as a perfect relationship. Once the honeymoon stage is over, reality strikes, and even though it doesn‘t exactly look like a romantic movie, the trust, and…

AMANDA OLEANDER

Behind closed doors, relationships might not be all sunshine and rainbows. But the honest representation of everyday life in a long-term relationship rather than the faked and filtered portrayal we see a lot of on social media or movies is what people can truly relate to. It doesn’t mean that living in a relationship is dull or less beautiful; on the contrary, love can be found in the smallest things, we just have to learn to notice them. Los Angeles-based artist Amanda Oleander draws…

illustration by Amanda Oleander

Behind closed doors, relationships might not be all sunshine and rainbows. But the honest representation of everyday life in a long-term relationship rather than the faked and filtered portrayal we see a lot of on social media or movies is what people can truly relate to. It doesn’t mean that living in a relationship is dull or less beautiful; on the contrary, love can be found in the smallest things, we just have to learn to notice them. Los Angeles-based artist Amanda Oleander draws…

“Just one more #plantmom”

Behind closed doors, relationships might not be all sunshine and rainbows. But the honest representation of everyday life in a long-term relationship rather than the faked and filtered portrayal we see a lot of on social media or movies is what people can truly relate to. It doesn’t mean that living in a relationship is dull or less beautiful; on the contrary, love can be found in the smallest things, we just have to learn to notice them. Los Angeles-based artist Amanda Oleander draws…

The feeling of being loved is something that everyone wants. This is why, when you finally find someone you can spend the rest of your life with, it feels amazing and euphoric.