 It’s painting with the conscience that I’m a woman.’ Innovative and provocative, she used sewing and embroidery—skills learned from her mother and grandmother and typically associated as "women's work"—as a medium for celebrating and asserting women into the art world.Amer's approach to mediums and subjects from an emphatically female perspective manifest itself throughout her career.A multimedia artist, Amer is known for her abstract canvases that combine painting with needlework.