Sunflower State of Mind
Concept piece · Portrait
Paintings, drawings, and musings
Making art as a way of becoming.
Whimsical portraits and botanicals painted with vivid color, strong shapes, and a little defiance.
See the collectionI make art to slow down, pay attention, and understand myself and the world around me.
In the studio
Babes & Botanicals
A developing collection of mature, whimsical women, unruly flowers, and joyful color.
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Meet the artist
Beginning again counts as beginning.
Renee Louise is an Austin-area emerging artist creating bold portraits and botanicals in oil, acrylic, and mixed media. Her work celebrates women becoming more themselves—not less—as they grow older.
Her paintings combine painterly color, folk-inspired pattern, expressive faces, and the occasional sunflower that refuses to behave.
“I’m not trying to paint perfectly. I’m trying to paint something alive.”
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The work is still becoming.
New paintings, works in progress, and musings from the studio.
Renee Louise StudioAustin, Texas