“Though set within purely modernist tones, Amanda’s work at once harkens to ghostly hieroglyphics, metaphysical suggestions and sculptures that are both vessels and torsos of marked dignity.
There is no classification for Amanda’s impeccably crafted work other than the pulse of silence and serenity that is almost Zen. Creamy whites and hovering grisaille embellishments provoke investigations beyond color and overt form and into a realm of dreams. Her paper works resound as visual curiosity cabinets, where she has collected shapes both naturalistic and abstract to evoke another domain. And her sculptures are of another time, too – a link with West African masks and Egyptian canopic jars, yes. And as stoic as they may seem, none are passive or aloof. And therin lies their mystery.”
Roger Hurlburt
Professor of Art History, FAU
January 10, 2019
“Artist Amanda Horton-Jones has mastered the human figure in all forms. Her paintings leap into life as adeptly as her sculptures. Her works are imbued with mystery including their ethnicity, place in time, and emotion. One feels they may have been unearthed from ancient city yet they might also be harbingers of something entirely new to come.”
Posted to Artstormer, by Betsy Wills
“Body Type” Figural Work by Amanda Horton-Jones
Armory Art Center 2018 All Student Show
1st Place, Sculpture
“A very fine treatment of surfaces in this pair of figures is admirable. Most noteworthy is the aesthetic union of different materials, subtly emphasizing the spirit of the title “Americans” as we are a people of various forms, experiences and origins.”
Philip Estlund, Artist & Curator
“Your work is very strong and elegant. Meticulously executed silhouettes "disturbed" by pattern and texture. I don’t mean disturbed in a negative sense. Your figures are in tandem with the space they occupy in interest and aesthetic design, creating a multi-dimensional image.”
Elisabeth Seewald Hill, Artist