Personally, I don’t believe in “good” or “bad” art because it’s just too subjective. Art, in all its forms, doesn’t always need to be understood to be appreciated - it’s about how a creation makes you feel.”
Courtney arrived in Savannah at the start of 2016 and summoned the courage to share her work around town in 2019. In those five years, she has been on display at Sulfur Studios, RootsUp Gallery, Corkhouse Gallery, Jewish Educational Alliance, Cedar House Gallery, Savannah Gallery of Art, Arts on the Coast Richmond Hill Gallery, Coffee.Deli, Locally Made Savannah, Vendors on Victory, LiteFoot Company, STUMP, Islands Cottage Art, White Whale, 208 Wine Bar, the Nest on 33rd, and ArtStryngs. She is also a member of both the Savannah Art Association and Arts on the Coast.
Her 3D collage art and abstract work began 15 years ago in Los Angeles and was born out of an inherent need for expression, a passion for art, and the discovery that her style didn’t flow through traditional forms such as realistic painting or drawing. Courtney is self-taught by curiosity, play and experimentation and incorporates her ethos of upcycled materials in the canvases she finds second hand, the used paint that comes from Starlandia Supply, and the surprise found or recycled detail here and there.
In the last year, Courtney has become a Certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach and been exploring a spectrum of colors, new styles and techniques. She’s been spending most of her creative time exploring a deeper interpretation of her abstracts, bringing even more emotional processing into her pieces, and honing her intuitive flow. It’s important to her to stay just outside of her comfort zone so she can broaden her range, rather than committing to a specific niche. All of which is what she is bringing to 208 with her new show, Vibes.
Through her work Courtney invites us to get curious, open our hearts and minds to the (unseen) layers within each piece, to gaze without needing to understand, and to embrace the act of creativity without judgment.