Alexis is an artist who was born and raised in Austin, TX. She graduated from school with art honors. She was a tattoo artist for 8 years before deciding to take a step back to explore other mediums. She is fluent in American Sign Language. She enjoys working on big murals, designing clothes, and exploring the outdoors with her kiddos in her free time.
Emelia Patterson is an artist from Austin, Texas that works mainly with drawing and painting, but other mediums such as printmaking, ceramics, and photography interest her as well. She also has an interest in storytelling, and would enjoy being a storyboard artist or an illustrator in the future. Emelia finds that art is very relaxing and tends to work with simple color schemes and calming subjects. She has had an interest in art for her whole life, and has recently begun working to make it her career.
Austin-based painter, Natalia Rivera, strives to be an artist that operates with compassion, empathy, justice, and nobility and influences others to be the same in order to foster a community of kind-hearted individuals. Starting her fine arts education at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, she is a recent graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Art History. Her focus is in custom portraiture and commissions and guided primarily by use of color to convey a story.
Erin is a multifaceted visual artist, devoted to making the world a more colorful place! Originally from Central Florida, she relocated to immerse herself in Austin’s undeniably radiant art community. When she’s not instructing art classes or chasing after her daughter, Erin enjoys fiber arts, paper making, and print making. If you see her in class, be sure to ask her how much a rainbow weighs!