"So This Is Paradise" oil on canvas by Britnie Walston
Britnie Walston is a Maryland based versatile artist and photographer, capturing energy through light, vibrant color, depth, and texture. She was a fine and performing arts scholar and received her B.A. from Goucher College, and has appeared in multiple magazines including Sonder Midwest Issue #4, Mud Season Review, Blue Mesa Review Issue #38, and Abstract Magazine TV. Britnie was also chosen as a White House Christmas Ornament Artist, amongst various other awards throughout her career. In addition, she has been featured in numerous exhibitions within the Baltimore and Washington areas. She now runs her own business as well as an online store, and Youtube channel educating viewers on subjects from art tutorials to DIYs.
In her work, Britnie uses exaggerated brushstrokes and abstract color to give her paintings life and voice. Her landscapes and abstract work consist of a variety of unconventional techniques to capture the elements portrayed. One of the most used techniques in her abstract paintings is the method of mixing each individual color using acrylic paint, floetrol, silicone, and water. Together they create “cell like” forms.
Britnie also achieves different designs and textures using household objects such as strainers, straws, and frosting spatulas. She aims to depict the emotions of liberation (“set free”) and freedom (“being free”). As a child who grew up around the Chesapeake Bay, her work as a whole is inspired by nature and portrays the absence of human presence, bringing out the personality of nature itself, while providing the viewer the opportunity to escape and appreciate all the beauty that surrounds us. More of her work can be found at www.BNWArt.com.
In her work, Britnie uses exaggerated brushstrokes and abstract color to give her paintings life and voice. Her landscapes and abstract work consist of a variety of unconventional techniques to capture the elements portrayed. One of the most used techniques in her abstract paintings is the method of mixing each individual color using acrylic paint, floetrol, silicone, and water. Together they create “cell like” forms.
Britnie also achieves different designs and textures using household objects such as strainers, straws, and frosting spatulas. She aims to depict the emotions of liberation (“set free”) and freedom (“being free”). As a child who grew up around the Chesapeake Bay, her work as a whole is inspired by nature and portrays the absence of human presence, bringing out the personality of nature itself, while providing the viewer the opportunity to escape and appreciate all the beauty that surrounds us. More of her work can be found at www.BNWArt.com.
