About Beth
I paint the energy of joy.
My work is intuitive, expressive, and full of movement. I’m interested in what happens when color, line and emotion come together and a painting begins to feel like something you can experience, not just look at. I want my work to make people feel more alive, more connected, and a little more free.
A life led by creativity
Nineteen years ago, I moved to Nashville to become a songwriter and painter. I didn't have a backup plan. I just knew I wanted to make things, follow my curiosity, and see where creativity could take me.
That decision changed the course of my life.
Over the years, I've been a painter, singer-songwriter, writer, speaker, community builder, comedian, and entrepreneur. I've created paintings for private collectors, murals and large-scale installations for businesses and public spaces, artwork for a city bus, and projects designed to bring people together through creativity.
I founded the Nashville Creative Group in 2012 after realizing that Nashville had an incredible community of artists and creatives who weren't connected to one another. What started as a small gathering grew into a community of nearly 10,000 people and more than 100 free events. I didn't set out to build something that big. I saw a need, and I responded to it.
That's still how I work.
I'm curious about people. I'm curious about ideas. I'm curious about what happens when we give ourselves permission to make something, say something, try something, or see something differently.
Painting what can't always be said
My paintings are less about representing something and more about expressing something.
I use color, line, gesture, texture and movement to explore emotion and energy. Sometimes the work begins with an idea. Sometimes it begins with a feeling. Sometimes I turn on music, pick up a brush and see what happens.
I've always believed that creativity gives us another language.
There are things we experience that are difficult to explain logically. Joy. Grief. Hope. Freedom. Connection. Fear. The feeling of becoming someone you didn't know you could be.
Art gives those things somewhere to go.
My work has taken many forms over the years, from intimate studio paintings to public art, murals and large-scale installations. What connects them is the desire to create an experience that people can feel.
Art that changes the energy of a space
When I create work for a business, hotel, healthcare environment, restaurant, workplace or public space, I'm thinking about more than what will look good on a wall.
I'm thinking about how the space should feel.
A painting can change the way people move through a room. It can make someone stop. It can create a conversation. It can bring color and life into a place that felt ordinary before.
It can remind people that they are human.
That's what I love about making art for spaces where people gather. The work becomes part of someone else's experience.
And ultimately, that's what I've always wanted my work to do.
To create a little more joy.
A little more connection.
A little more permission to be fully alive.
Nashville is home
I've spent nearly two decades building a life in Nashville around creativity, community and connection.
This city gave me a place to become an artist, and I've spent years giving back to the creative community that helped shape me.
Today, my work lives in many places: private collections, businesses, public spaces, galleries, stages and the everyday moments when someone encounters a painting and feels something they weren't expecting.
I'm still following the same instinct that brought me here in the first place.
Make something.
Follow the idea.
Trust the process.
See what becomes possible.