Today we’d like to introduce you to Amanda Acevedo.
Hi Amanda, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I’ve always been drawn to art as a way of making sense of the world around me. Over time, painting evolved from a personal creative practice into a more focused exploration of place, memory, and atmosphere. While my work often takes the form of landscapes, I’m less interested in documenting a location and more interested in capturing the feeling of being there, particularly the tension between beauty and impermanence.
Along the way, I’ve become deeply involved in my local arts community through exhibitions and projects that connect artists with the broader community. Those experiences have reinforced my belief that art can create meaningful conversations and connections. Today, my work continues to investigate the quieter, more mysterious aspects of the landscape, often balancing beauty with a sense of unease, wonder, or transformation.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I’m a self-taught artist, so everything I’ve built has come through persistence, experimentation, failure, and a refusal to quit. Being an independent artist and a mother has meant balancing survival with creativity, often finding time and resources for art when neither were readily available.
I was raised in the Ocala National Forest, and my work is rooted in rural Florida, My struggles and environment influence my landscapes, drawing me to places that feel both beautiful and unsettled.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am a self-taught painter working in landscape, with a focus on rural and natural environments rooted in Florida. I’m known for work that sits in the tension between beauty and unease.
Growing up in the Ocala National Forest shaped how I understand environment and isolation, and that relationship continues to inform the way I build a painting: intuitively, atmospherically, and often from memory rather than direct representation.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
I don’t have a traditional studio setup or consistent blocks of time to work. Most of my painting happens in small pockets of the day when I can make space for it. Over time, I’ve learned to work with that reality instead of against it. That adaptability has become part of my process, and I think it’s reflected in the atmosphere and immediacy of the paintings.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://amandamacevedo.wixsite.com/amandaacevedo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/root.rot.jpg
