Artist Showcase: Colorwired

  Albuquerque, NM
    The multi-talented Abby Butler is the artist behind colorWIRED, a collection of art focused on big ideas, drawn as focused vignettes.  Her inspiration comes from music, gaming, science and even dialogue.  Much of her art focuses on angelic faces of women and girls along with other elements of nature and space. 
​  Many of her pieces have an art nouveau feel to them with a dreamy modern twist as shown by her piece entitled: "Starships" (seen below). 
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  Her career as an artist started very young and she's expressed that growing up, she explored many forms of art including dance and tailoring.  With the help of a friend in high school she became more serious about drawing and becoming a fine artist. 
  In an effort to branch out, Abby has decided to perfect her skills in drawing flora and fauna.  She says, "I think I'm going to learn to draw birds and flowers and hey! I really like drawing flowers, I think I might be in love with botany.  I think I'm gonna study botany so I can know science and use that to draw nature better."  

  Her piece entitled "Windling" (right) shows her aptitude in using nature as her muse.  The natural elements of this piece show the diversity of her capabilities as an artist. 
​  And, when faced with criticism, as most artists are, Abby uses the feedback to explore new ideas or push herself to be better. If there were people in her life not critiquing her work, she indicates that she wouldn't be drawing, painting or learning half of the things that decorate her work (her words). 
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  While being critiqued is it's own challenge, community thought and art for the masses presents another challenge.  When asked how she might advise people in the community to better understand or engage with art, Abby plainly says that since everyone's experience with art is different, she can hardly advise anyone how to engage with it.  Her suggestion is, "...to be open to ideas and concepts that you wouldn't otherwise look for. Don't prefer an art because it's hyper-realistic, prefer an art because you like it. Don't make cut offs simply because a label appears."

There is more on Abby and colorWIRED in our community showcase HERE.   You can find Abby's art on her website www.colorwired.com as well as on social media (follow links) Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, ArtAmino and Diviantart. 
  If you'd like to contact the artist or purchase a piece of colorWIRED, you can email colorWIRED at colorwired@gmail.com.