Artist Spotlight - Brandie Liggett

    Brandie Liggett is a visual artist of 2-D works. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Austin Peay State University with a specialty in drawing. She has enjoyed drawing since she was a small child and has been a freelance artist for 27 years doing commissions, murals, drawing classes, and other assorted creative projects through her small business, Brandie’s Studio. She enjoys teaching drawing and foundation to established artists and beginners alike. Her preferred media includes graphite, charcoal, and acrylic and latex paint on canvas and walls. Brandie works both realistically and non-representationally and attempts to use composition and symbolism in fresh and unexpected ways. She draws everyday people and objects in a way that she hopes gives a different perspective and feeling to the viewer than is usually gleaned from daily life. She is influenced by Caravaggio with his dramatic lighting and chiaroscuro, Leonardo Da Vinci’s evocative biblical depictions, and Albrecht Durer’s symbolic realism. Themes of Brandie’s art include the human experience, sharing her Christian faith, everyday objects and our perceptions of them, and celebrating the therapeutic process of making art. She creates through the lens of her faith in God and empathy for our common humanity. She aims to cultivate that sense of community that public art creates so well, attracting people from all backgrounds.