Ashley Bell is a full time artist, mother, and mermaid enthusiast. She lives by the water in Sausalito, California. Her love for bright colors and surrealistic imagery started early on. As a young child, she was inspired by the bright lights, billboards, and theaters of NYC, as well as the psychedelic band posters her parents had up in the house. However, her passion for art sparked unexpectedly years later when one small drawing on her bedroom wall quickly developed into a four wall mural. Fed by an urge to escape high school life, she surrounded herself with a world of her own. After high school, she graduated from Sonoma State University where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting.