Ashley Gray
My art lives in the tension between what we feel and what the universe refuses to feel. The world moves forward with no concern, but we carry emotion—grief, joy, memory. We ache with meaning. Being an artist is a gift—but not an easy one. I've spent years trying to get better, but I’m still not where I want to be. There’s always a gap between what I imagine and what I can or want to make. That line, between creation and frustration, it also pushes me. Every piece is a step toward something better. I build digital environments, sculpting them in 3D space—crafting the structures, setting the scene for the final shot, then move into 2D, where I paint and layer, blending the rendered with the imagined. Each final image is a mix of construction and intuition, precision and feeling. I’ve been a digital artist for years, but now I step into the art space to find a home for my practice and my observations as I pull from what is scribbled on the inside of my mind.
