Born and raised in New Orleans, Rayne Housey Bories has been painting for as long as she can remember. Her schooling took her through Tulane University, where she studied history and art history before earning a Master's in Preservation Studies: a foundation that didn't just teach her about the past, but gave her the tools to bring it back to life. That path led her into the studio of a world-renowned, master decorative finisher and historic restoration specialist, where she immersed herself in centuries-old techniques-- gilding, layering, and surface work, perfecting the techniques she now employs in her paintings and backgrounds. Rayne's work lives in the tension between the ancient and the contemporary, employing new techniques to create surfaces that feel richly inspired: from malachite and marble to the ancient practice of oil and water gilding. She pulls from the visual language of history--classical portraiture, fragments of Greek statuary, the beauty of Louisiana's native birds and insects: and then she disrupts it. A flash of citrus. A splash of of color. A line of gold leaf. A checkerboard pattern. A sense of play that keeps the work from ever feeling overly serious. It's a conversation between past and present, tradition and instinct, structure and joy. With three young children in the mix, the rhythm of her life is fast, layered, and spontaneous, where making becomes part of daily life rather than separated from it. Rayne approaches the everyday the same way she approaches a canvas: open, instinctive, and unafraid of a little chaos. Creativity, for her, isn't something you carve out time for: it's something you carry with you, whether you're building, experimenting, or reimagining the ordinary into something extraordinary.