About Amanda Sage
Amanda Sage (born April 19, 1978) is an American painter and teacher who co-founded the Academy of Visionary Art in Vienna and the Colorado Alliance for Visionary Art. She has worked internationally, training and collaborating with Ernst Fuchs and Michael Fuchs, classical artists who taught her the Mischtechnik technique. == Early life == Amanda Sage was born on 19 April 1978 in Denver, Colorado. She developed an early interest in drawing as a child, which she attributes to her home environment that actively fostered artistic activity. Sage's family moved to Deerfield Beach, Florida during her childhood. While there, she became involved with the Unity Church. The family returned to Colorado, settling in Boulder, where Sage spent her adolescent and teenage years. She regularly practiced morning meditation at the Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, and also engaged in Church-organized vision quests and meditative retreats. Sage attended Shining Mountain Waldorf School, graduating in 1996. She credits her high school art teacher, Hikaru Hirata-Miyakawa, for introducing her to "semi-realism," acrylic painting, and the works of Ernst Fuchs.
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