Ash Windbigler is an artist based in Chicago, IL. Though she has a BFA in printmaking she is a self-taught painter. She believes paint facilitates spontaneous expression that allows her hand to keep up with her mind. Her printmaking background gives a novel focus on layers that create thick, work-evident imagery. Her content translates mental states into dreamscapes while personifying the pains and pleasures of mental illness. Viewers often find they don’t know whether to be amused or jaded by the colorful yet dark visual symbolism throughout Ash’s work.
