Who’s behind
the brush?
Reformed doom-scroller
Acrylic on cotton canvas
70+ paintings in
Paints one layer at a time
airh is a small painting studio — one artist, a lot of acrylic, and canvases built up slowly, one layer at a time.
Commissions from your own photographs, impasto you can almost touch, ideas of my own, and the images that stopped my scroll — each painted by hand, each one of one.
Choose your canvas…
The artist
At a glance
- Years painting
- 2+
- Hours at the easel
- 200+
- Paintings finished
- 70+
- Started painting to stop doom-scrolling
- Builds every canvas up one layer at a time
- Has a soft spot for texture paste
- Paints a strip of the palette on the back of commissions
- Will turn your photograph into something you can feel
In three chapters
Chapter 1 · The hobbyWhat began as a hobby to keep me from doom-scrolling slowly metamorphosed into a life I don’t remember ever dreaming of.
Chapter 2 · The findingSomewhere between restless thoughts and quiet hours with a brush in my hand, I realised that art was not merely something I made — art was where I went to find myself.
Chapter 3 · The medicineAnd of one thing I’m certain: art is the medicine I will always find my way back to, no matter how far I may stray.
In their words
I love that the artist has brought a touch of her personal style in bringing my favourite video game scene into a painting. The texture adds a third dimension to an otherwise two dimension painting. I am incredibly happy with the painting. The addition of a part of the color palette used for this painting in the back of the painting is such a cute thing to do. People who visited my home liked the painting a lot and mentioned that it was a really nice addition to my work room. Thanks a lot.
Commissioned this painting that's RAD. I really appreciate the use of SUPER dark cool colors, almost black-purples juxtaposed to vivid "golden hour" warm colors. Especially deep Reds and crimsons. Excellent ability to apply lighting effects as well as keeping a large amount of the color is vivid as possible. by doing this, getting most out of your medium. I see restraint against over-mixing, providing ample vividness, furthering the contrast along with the sharp lighting. I can almost feel the characters. even be... in the "elven*" archer's shoes. *not sure if going for that. needs citation
u/3rdMillenniumGrow (opens the original)See the thread on r/acrylics ↗ As a fan of a Witcher, I love it! U did amazing 👏
u/MartaM87 (opens the original)See the thread on r/acrylics ↗ Didn’t expect to stop scrolling for a mountain, but here we are. Had to zoom in — the snow on those ridges is actually raised.
It hangs above my desk and catches the late light every evening. Guests always reach out to touch the foam — I’ve stopped telling them not to.
I sent one blurry photo from a trip years ago and a long voice note about who my partner is — loud, warm, impossible to sit still. What came back was him, completely. It arrived wrapped like a gift, with a little strip of the palette painted on the back. It’s the best present I’ve ever given anyone, and I’ve already started planning the next one for my parents’ anniversary.
Commissioned this painting Renaissance man discovers pepperoni. Genuinely would hang this in my kitchen — the flat ochre and navy make it feel like a vintage poster.
Got it framed this weekend. Loudest thing in my living room and I love it.
