Her background is varied. She attended the Alberta College of Art,the Glascow School of Art in Scotland and finished her BFA at Mt. Allison University, Sackville, NB. Currently living in Calgary, Amy is well connected to the East, specifically Saint John, NB. She now engages in ten + projects simultaneously and her bold mark-making does not go unnoticed. Amy shows in galleries and private collections throughout Canada and the United States. She upholds the belief "that the greatest art aspires to the state of music". Like music then, Amy Dryer's paintings convey spontaneity, immediacy, movement and quiet reflection. Dryer loves to wear red and paint her visual voice.