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For nearly 20 years, Amanda Woods has thrived in the realms of Marketing and Graphic Design. However, it was during the Covid era, while balancing virtual schooling for her four young children, that she rediscovered her passion for painting, a skill she has set aside after her college degree in Journalism and Fine Arts.
Fate led Amanda to a bustling household with four wonderful children, each needing their own space. Experimenting with a closet (too dark) and the dining room (too chaotic), she ultimately transformed the back porch into her creative haven.
Often braving the rain or the intense heat of the southern United States, Amanda finds inspiration in the open air of her back porch studio, letting the natural elements shape and breathe life into her artwork.
Using acrylic and charcoal Amanda paints to process the resilience of nature and humanity. The seasonality of light and color inspire organic shapes and vibrant layers admiring the adaptability of the living.
Located in Nashville, Tennessee Amanda is a long-time creator and supporter of the arts. After sustaining an injury as a ballet major at Indiana University, Amanda shifted her focus to Journalism and Fine Arts, binging as many studio, graphic, and art history classes as she could. Today, she combines all of her passions in her studio so that she can share her art with you.
When she is not on her back porch you can find her, dragging her kids on a hike, sipping wine by the fire pit, asking her husband to go to the mountains again, re-decorating her house, avoiding laundry, and making dinner with friends for Sunday supper.