Love is hiding in the small, quiet moments: cuddling in bed after a long day, passing out in front of the TV or even popping each otherโs pimples.
Artist Amanda Oleander captures these moments and more in her illustrations, which she often shares on her Instagram page. She draws inspiration from her own relationship and the relationships of her closest family and friends.
โThey are all situations that have happened in my relationship or situations my family and friends share with me,โ Oleander told HuffPost. โThey will be talking and then I say, โHold that thought!โ and quickly write it down before I forget.โ
Oleander, who is based in Los Angeles, has been dating her boyfriend Joey Rudman for over two years. She calls him the โsweetest, funniest, most beautiful man in the world.โ
Oleanderโs quirky drawings are influenced by artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Alice Neel, Picasso and Tim Burton, as well as the 90s cartoons she grew up watching, like โRugratsโ and โThe Wild Thornberrys.โ She also enjoys capturing animals in her work, but she is most fascinated by human behavior.
โIโm enthralled by the way people behave behind closed doors,โ Oleander wrote on Instagram. โIntimate moments we never get to see. Those are moments that canโt really be documented because if they were, it would alter the way the person behaved. So I draw them.โ
The artist told HuffPost she hopes people feel something when they look at her work.
โI hope it brings them back to a moment in their life or that it triggers a memory. But most of all, I hope it makes people happy,โ she said.
To see more of Oleanderโs work, visit her website or follow her on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Or scroll down for more of her relatable relationship illustrations: