amber vanhatala stene • artist

Collage with all custom paper elements – including salt-bleached watercolor and spray-paint stenciled textures. 10×10-inches each. 2026.

ON DISPLAY at Tohono Chul’s Entry Gallery, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, Tucson. February 28, May 24, 2026. Not all works are on display at once, as new works are constantly being revealed throughout Tohono Chul’s annual 10×10 | A Fundraiser exhibition.

Deep in summer when late afternoon becomes a cursed inferno, skewed perceptions may shift our visual reality. This work simulates that hour of torrid heat through a giant saguaro emblazoned in scarlet. 

Collage with custom paper elements – including salt-bleached watercolor and spray-paint stenciled textures. Five panels on a 300# Arches base are stitched together with waxed lined thread and hung by a creosote armature. 43×39-inches. February 2026

Collage with all custom paper elements – including salt-bleached watercolor and spray-paint stenciled textures. Three panels on a 300# Arches base are stitched together with waxed lined thread and hung by a creosote armature. 31.5 × 31.5 inches. December 2025.

This saguaro lives at the corner of my neighborhood. I love its lyrical drooping arms even though they're a sign of distress. It's a smaller all-collage work, stitched with waxed linen and adorned with tiny glass beads. 31 x 9.5-inches includes the creosote armature. October 2025

ON DISPLAY Dec. 6, 2025 – March 14, 2026 at Untitled Gallery, 101 W 6th St, Ste 121, Tucson, AZ 85701

During the monsoon months, just as the dawn sun breaks over the cloud-laced Rincons, my backyard saguaro glows the color of tangerine. This work memorializes that sublime hour through the splendor of a giant saguaro.

A collaged artwork featuring watercolor textures with patterned details on 300 lb Arches watercolor paper, finished with waxed linen thread. 53 × 17-inches includes creosote armature. September 2025.

A stitched collage artwork created mostly from my own hand-created textures, on 300 lb Arches watercolor paper hung on a creosote armature. Work was started during Stitched Astraction, a zoom class by Anna Carll. 51 × 15-inches, June 2025.

Hand cut collage with custom watercolor cuttings and a sprinkle of purchased patterned papers. Each post card is 6×4-inches. July 2025

My premier abstract work created under the influence of Anna Carll's teaching using hand-painted and acquired patterned paper. Mixed media collage on panel, 12 x 18 inches, 2024.

This work was created in celebration of my good friend’s 29 years with her late husband. Grape vines, seeds, thread, glass beads, watercolor, graphite on watercolor paper. 2016
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Beach stone, grape vines, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic on Arches. 7 x 7 inches, 2020
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Reflecting my son and his family enjoying the lush outdoors of Oregon. Grape vines, seeds, sand dollars, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic, graphite on torn cardboard. 5 x 5 inches each, 2020

Celebrating the joy of spring. Grape vines, seeds, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic, graphite on torn cardboard. 5 x 5 inches, 2020

Inspired by a good friend who moves forward with conviction, and guides others toward a positive direction. Grape vines, seeds, sand dollars, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic, graphite on torn cardboard. 5 x 5 inches, 2020
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Grape vines, seeds, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic, graphite on torn cardboard. 5 x 5 inches each, 2016

Grape vines, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic, graphite on torn cardboard. 5 x 5 inches each, 2016

Grape vines, seeds, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic, walnut ink, graphite on torn cardboard. 5 x 5 inches each, 2016

Grape vines, stones, glass beads, watercolor, acrylic, graphite on torn cardboard. 5 x 5 inches each, 2016