About

My name is Alisha Brown

Nature Inspired Artist 🎨🌿
🔹Exploring upcycled & alternative materials. ♻️
🔹Reincarnating society's discards into luscious art. 🌾

🔹Connect with me at: AlishaBrownArt@gmail.com

About Me

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Statement

I am a nature inspired experimental artist dedicated to rescuing trash from the landfill and reconnecting it to beauty through art. I aim to make artwork that inspires people to reexamine what they are throwing away each day. My nature themed art is designed to feed the longing in all of us to reconnect with the Earth. Some of my work involves salvaged plastic that I take great joy in molding into flora, completing the cycle from flora decomposing into oil, then made into plastic and back to flora. For me, helping people see the potential in waste is a victory.

Most of my work is two dimensional, but I am branching out into three dimensional works. For my two dimensional pieces, I work with an acrylic base, letting each layer inform the next, while capturing the essence of a scene or the drama of the oceans. After the painting has chosen its direction, I will embellish with upcycled material, such as broken glass or rusted gears. The final pieces capture the mood of the landscape, the stillness of the trees or the movement of the water with a luminant glass or a diversity of textures.

My art is for nature lovers who appreciate guilt free art as human waste becomes an increasing concern for our planet.

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Recent Juried Shows

Step, Repeat, Cottonwood Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Raw Concrete, Cottonwood Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Sofa King, Cottonwood Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Metal, Cottonwood Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Carnivale, Commonwheel Art Gallery, Manitou, CO

Art in Bloom Chesapeake Bay Art Association, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA

Solo Shows

Waves and Trees, Pikes’s Perk Coffee Shop, Colorado Springs, CO, 2024

Adventures in Art, Cottonwood Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO, 2022

Call to Adventure, The Muse Writing Center, Norfolk, VA, 2021

The Gift Of Color, Coaster Coffee, Norfolk, VA, 2021

Her Expectations, Coaster Coffee, Norfolk, VA, 2021

Star Journey, Coaster Coffee, Norfolk, VA, 2021

Autumn, Coaster Coffee, Norfolk, VA, 2020

Ocean Currents, Coaster Coffee, Norfolk, VA, 2019

Botanical Kaleidoscopes

Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA, 2022

City Administration Building, Colorado Springs, CO, 2025

City Hall, Colorado Springs, CO, 2024,

UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO, 2024,

Pikes’s Perk Coffee Shop, Colorado Springs, CO, 2023

Group Shows

Waves of Hope, D’Art Gallery, Denver, CO, 2025

Color in Nature, Salad or Bust, Colorado Springs, CO, 2024

Awards

Best in Show – Felissimo Award

Inside and Outside the Box, Dublois Gallery, Newport, RI

Best Craftsman Award

Brahaha, Chesapeake Regional Health Foundation, Chesapeake VA

Juror’s Choice Award

Beyond the Line: Colored Pencil Released, Willow Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Honorable Mention

Fabulous Forgeries, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA

Honorable Mention

Heroes Among Us, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA