Amanda Joy Brown is a visual artist from Michigan. She earned her MFA in the painting program at the Savannah College of Art and Design and is now based out of Tennessee. Her work has been exhibited both in the US and internationally and is a part of many collections around the world. To be in the world is to be surrounded by complex pattern, rhythm, and color. The experience can be simultaneously intriguing and overwhelming. My work reacts to this dynamic, dealing with primarily crowd settings. My technique and compositions parallel collective and individual humanity, as the flow of paint both defines and generalizes individual figures and expressions. I create both controlled and accidental linework by letting the paint flow from the end of a stick or my hands, then I pour, glaze, and finger paint, mostly without the use of a brush. Each work is approached as both a drawing and a painting.