In Which I Talk To Artists

Adrienne Brown-David was born in St. Louis, MO. After a brief stint at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a short return to St. Louis, Adrienne relocated to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. It was here that she began to focus on painting and mixed media. She spent several years creating a body of work that is easily identified by its "drip" effect.

After marriage and four children, she relocated to Oxford, MS. With the demands of work and family life, she had to take a break from the large mixed media portraits that she had become known for. During this break, Adrienne began doodling tiny neighborhoods in her sketchbook with Sharpie pen to keep her hand and eye sharp. These tiny doodles grew into larger and larger compositions. Her love for these doodles grew as well and they are now her main artistic focus. Each composition is created entirely free hand and a single Sharpie pen is used (until it completely runs out of ink).

Most recently, Adrienne has been playing with portraiture in an illustrative form, drawing custom family portraits. These family portraits have been used for Christmas cards, post cards, business cards, as well as beloved keepsakes. They are simple, line drawings of families, but mastering the unique characteristics of each family member makes the resemblance undeniable, even with the lack of facial features.

​That attention to unique details eventually evolved into her current project, custom paper dolls or Minikins. The goal of Minikins is to create a completely customized representation of any and every child. This means that all genders, skin tones, hair types/colors, eye color and abilities can have a toy that represents their unique beauty.

Adrienne Brown-David currently works from her home studio in Water Valley, MS where she resides with her husband, Taariq and their four daughters.

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"Born and raised in Memphis, Ashley Benham is an alumna of Columbia College in Chicago. The self-proclaimed city girl loves art in every form, wanting to be a journalist until she worked on her high school yearbook. It was then that she decided to pursue photography. Ashley specializes in wedding and portrait photography, with an array of different photography types, whether it’s celebrating a high school graduation, documenting the beauty of a mama-to-be, commemorating a new engagement, or posing for portraits with pets." - from The Culture Trip

"Born and raised in Memphis, Ashley Benham is an alumna of Columbia College in Chicago. The self-proclaimed city girl loves art in every form, wanting to be a journalist until she worked on her high school yearbook. It was then that she decided to pursue photography. Ashley specializes in wedding and portrait photography, with an array of different photography types, whether it’s celebrating a high school graduation, documenting the beauty of a mama-to-be, commemorating a new engagement, or posing for portraits with pets." - from The Culture Trip

"Born and raised in Memphis, Ashley Benham is an alumna of Columbia College in Chicago. The self-proclaimed city girl loves art in every form, wanting to be a journalist until she worked on her high school yearbook. It was then that she decided to pursue photography. Ashley specializes in wedding and portrait photography, with an array of different photography types, whether it’s celebrating a high school graduation, documenting the beauty of a mama-to-be, commemorating a new engagement, or posing for portraits with pets." - from The Culture Trip

Kayti Didriksen is a multidisciplinary artist focused on capturing movement and sound with line and color. Didriksen uses blind contour drawing, a fundamental hand eye coordination technique of learning to draw what you see to record the ephemeral traces of movement during live music and performances. In the next step of her process, she overlaps the drawings creating a matrix for larger scale work that represents space and movement with color and generates the feeling of the performance in the viewer. She also draws as a performance, engaging guests at events with quick and quirky lines while speaking about what happens to the brain during this process. Didriksen has collaborated with organizations throughout the US and abroad including Faberge’, TEDx, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, NYU, Brooklyn Museum, and the Jazz Foundation of America as well as countless bands and musicians. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, NY Times, CNN and the BBC. She served as the Artist in Residence for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2017. In addition to her more line-driven works, Didriksen enjoys painting landscapes in plein air with a palette knife while traveling. Currently, Didriksen lives in Washington, D.C., and is the Artist in Residence for Long and Foster Capital Region.

Kayti Didriksen is a multidisciplinary artist focused on capturing movement and sound with line and color. Didriksen uses blind contour drawing, a fundamental hand eye coordination technique of learning to draw what you see to record the ephemeral traces of movement during live music and performances. In the next step of her process, she overlaps the drawings creating a matrix for larger scale work that represents space and movement with color and generates the feeling of the performance in the viewer. She also draws as a performance, engaging guests at events with quick and quirky lines while speaking about what happens to the brain during this process. Didriksen has collaborated with organizations throughout the US and abroad including Faberge’, TEDx, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, NYU, Brooklyn Museum, and the Jazz Foundation of America as well as countless bands and musicians. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, NY Times, CNN and the BBC. She served as the Artist in Residence for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2017. In addition to her more line-driven works, Didriksen enjoys painting landscapes in plein air with a palette knife while traveling. Currently, Didriksen lives in Washington, D.C., and is the Artist in Residence for Long and Foster Capital Region.

Kayti Didriksen is a multidisciplinary artist focused on capturing movement and sound with line and color. Didriksen uses blind contour drawing, a fundamental hand eye coordination technique of learning to draw what you see to record the ephemeral traces of movement during live music and performances. In the next step of her process, she overlaps the drawings creating a matrix for larger scale work that represents space and movement with color and generates the feeling of the performance in the viewer. She also draws as a performance, engaging guests at events with quick and quirky lines while speaking about what happens to the brain during this process. Didriksen has collaborated with organizations throughout the US and abroad including Faberge’, TEDx, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, NYU, Brooklyn Museum, and the Jazz Foundation of America as well as countless bands and musicians. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, NY Times, CNN and the BBC. She served as the Artist in Residence for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2017. In addition to her more line-driven works, Didriksen enjoys painting landscapes in plein air with a palette knife while traveling. Currently, Didriksen lives in Washington, D.C., and is the Artist in Residence for Long and Foster Capital Region.

Leslee Mitchell is a photographer and content creator based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has shot everything from weddings to her ever-popular matchbox car series, interiors, and everything in between. Her work has been seen on Architectural Digest, Framebridge, One Kings Lane, and CB2. Her daily work can be seen on her Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/lesleemitchell/

Leslee Mitchell is a photographer and content creator based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has shot everything from weddings to her ever-popular matchbox car series, interiors, and everything in between. Her work has been seen on Architectural Digest, Framebridge, One Kings Lane, and CB2. Her daily work can be seen on her Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/lesleemitchell/

Leslee Mitchell is a photographer and content creator based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has shot everything from weddings to her ever-popular matchbox car series, interiors, and everything in between. Her work has been seen on Architectural Digest, Framebridge, One Kings Lane, and CB2. Her daily work can be seen on her Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/lesleemitchell/