PAINTING
AMANDA MOTTORN
 
DETAILS
Acrylic Paint on Archival Paper mounted on Birch Panel Board
30,4 x 30,4 x 3,8 cm
2025
 
DESCRIPTION
Ward, Colorado just west of Denver is in the Rocky Mountains is a place where I have snow-shoed, alpine skied and hiked. It’s one of those places that’s in my heart. I paint in different mediums on different sized canvases in different color schemes. My Ward, Colorado could be your favorite mountain place. I painted these together to bounce from one place I love to the other. After all, life is full of discovery.
 
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.