Ariel is an emerging artist located in Jacksonville, Florida. She began pursuing her lifelong passion and transforming it into a business in 2020, after the world shut down. She is a seasoned military spouse, originally from the state of Washington. Ariel’s days are spent happily married to her high school sweetheart, and busily caring for her 4 children. In the fall of 2023, she adopted her foster son after he was in her care for 511 days. She is a passionate advocate for foster children and foster parents. Her life is full and happy. She strives to be a light to her home and community, creating tranquil, yet imaginative artwork. Ariel’s current focus has been on abstracted landscapes, and oyster paintings. These subjects seem to flow effortlessly for her. The dichotomy of natural elements and unnatural saturation of color & texture adds a level of play that catches the imagination. Ariel sees natural beauty as “The Truth” the human condition strives to find. She endeavors to have the grounding in truth represented in her artwork even if abstraction is the subject. A way she accomplishes this is through expressive brush strokes to her landscapes, where the viewer’s eye can bounce around to color and still stay grounded to reality by distinguishing sky from ground.