Adam is a digital illustrator by trade and has been oil painting now for about a year. He's participated in a handful of Art Battles and loves the energy and being part of this community. He's looking forward to tonight and seeing all the great work from the other artists.

Milo is an artist proficient in drawing, painting, and sculpting. He performs well under pressure and hails from Maple Grove.

This is my second time participating in the art battle, I’m not actually a painter and I’m ginger so be nice because I have enough going on.

Juliet’s art is surrealistic botanical, created with alcohol inks on canvas using compressed air for a splatter effect. She studied painting, Dada, Surrealism, and color theory at Humboldt State, but was also influenced by street and graffiti artists in San Francisco. Her work often features galaxies and space imagery, blending beauty with mistakes. Juliet enhances her pieces with found objects like wire, glass, rocks, and wood to add depth and dimension.

Never let your dreams go to waste.

Introducing Duskin Wayne, a Minneapolis artist who sees this art battle not so much as an opportunity to compete against others, but more about connecting with fellow artists and art enthusiasts to have a fun experience while pushing his creative limits.

Introducing Duskin Wayne, a Minneapolis artist who sees this art battle not so much as an opportunity to compete against others, but more about connecting with fellow artists and art enthusiasts to have a fun experience while pushing his creative limits.

Tiffany has crafted a Peanuts statue at CHS Baseball Stadium and painted several murals throughout the city. Her artistic expression spans various mediums, including drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, spray paint, and airbrush.

Rhys is a freelance illustrator, painter, and clay worker who excels in the mystical and fantastical. As a multimedia artist, they work across a range of mediums, including digital, oil, gouache, and watercolor, often combining them in their illustrations. While fantasy serves as a frequent source of inspiration, Rhys enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects. In their paintings, they often use large blocks of color and paint, incorporating real-world textures that can be both seen and felt.

I am a freelance illustrator, painter, and clay worker that excels in the mystical and fantastical! If you’d let me, I’d love to imagine you somewhere new, and illustrate your wildest dreams!

Bradali is an artist who specializes in drawing people and comic strip-style illustrations. She is particularly drawn to flip-o-rama art for its ability to bring motion and life to her drawings. Bradali loves to sketch people on a whim, capturing them in the midst of their daily tasks. Her primary medium is pencil, where she focuses on the details and expressions that bring her subjects to life.

Joy has her work displayed at Urban Growler, Selfie Co, and Westside Perk in Bloomington. As an #AutisticArtist, she expresses her identity and experiences through her artwork, primarily using acrylic paints.

Anne specializes in gothic-style portraits and figures with a dark, intimate flair. Often created using live models or from imagination, her work features unique layouts and elements that add a personal touch to each piece. Passionate about gothic art and rococo, Anne explores their connections to current styles and culture, believing that there is much to learn from the past. She works in oil, casein, acrylic, charcoal, pastel drawing, sculpture, and woodworking for sculptural elements.

As an artist, I try to always bring a unique perspective to portraits and figure painting, showing how light and dark work together to bring the depth of human emotion out from the canvas.

The Comfy Priestess draws inspiration from midcentury modern aesthetics, toons, and graphic styles. Previously a quilt and fiber artist, her work now focuses on acrylic and watercolor, with occasional ventures into digital art.

I’m ridiculously excited and nervous for my first art battle!

Jon paints what brings him joy—silly paintings by a silly man. He is looking forward to the challenge of Art Battle.