After a career in archaeology, Mill Valley resident returns to art

Mill Valley resident Amanda Hinde is a landscape and plein air painter. (Photo by Kevin Adams)"What I want to paint is not just what I see but also what I feel," said Mill Valley artist Amanda Hinde. (Photo by Kevin Adams)"Tam in Blue" by Amanda Hinde. (Courtesy of Amanda Hinde)"Silver Peso" by Amanda Hinde. (Courtesy of Amanda Hinde)"Let's Sunset" by Amanda Hinde. (Courtesy of Amanda Hinde)Show Caption1 of 5Mill Valley resident Amanda Hinde is a landscape and plein air painter. (Photo by Kevin Adams)Expand During her career as an archaeologist, Amanda Hinde traveled the world, excavating sites, helping to develop museum exhibits for cultural sites and historic places, and writing a book about the first female archaeologists. But through her work as an artist, she’s returned home, capturing landscapes and buildings across Marin, where she grew up and now lives with her family. “I traded a trowel for a paintbrush,” said the Mill Valley resident, who creates landscape and plein air paint