PAINTING
AMANDA MOTTORN
 
DETAILS
Oil paint with cold wax medium mounted on birch panel board
30.48 W x 22.86 H x 3.81 D
2021
 
DESCRIPTION
In 2021 I attended the Rome Art Program. Before and after that experience I stayed with my friend Ale, short for Alessandra. One day she took me to Como. We took a ferry around the lake. This was one of the pictures I took of someone’s home. I used a technique using oil paint with a cold wax medium. It is a fast drying painting style that yields gorgeous textures and joyous painting play. 
 
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
Amanda Mottorn is an American artist, author, and founder of Modern Journeyer. Working across watercolor, charcoal, acrylic, and oil with cold wax, often incorporating gold and silver leaf, she creates layered works that move between abstraction and representation, drawing inspiration from landscapes, architecture, and travel.
 
After a two-decade career in corporate sales, Mottorn returned to her creative practice in 2021, publishing her novel Finding Moksha: One Woman’s Path in Uncertain Times and studying painting in Rome under Carole Robb and other artists. She is the creator of Creative Play for Adults, an international retreat series that combines creative expression, travel, and personal exploration.
 
Mottorn has exhibited internationally in New York, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Spain, Switzerland, and throughout the United States. She continues to write about art, travel, and creativity through The Modern Journeyer on Substack.