About the Artist

Amanda Maxwell is an emerging artist, living and working in Sedona, Arizona. She creates contemporary sculpture through the integration of translucent orange alabaster, a soft stone mined near Parowan, Utah, into mixed media forms. The presence of the rare stone brings mystery and subtle narrative, as well as geological metaphors, to forms inspired by human structures. Although her use of the alabaster is non-traditional, she is driven by the wonder of carrying the raw, unremarkable rock from the mine all the way through the process to the brilliant orange, polished end.

Amanda is a veteran art educator, and has taught people of all ages in public education settings. She now works in her Sedona studio and spends free time hiking, backpacking, and kayaking, as well as writing grants to fund the care and maintenance of Sedona trail systems