VA - Fairfax (Mosaic)

As an artist, Melissa loves to take photos and reimagine them through painting and drawing to create unique and realistic images. Melissa is known amongst her friends and family for her custom pet portraits, and her game day/holiday face paintings. By day Melissa works as a Museum Specialist preserving scientific collections, historic items, and artistic works. She specializes in the salvage and recovery of material culture from disasters. Ask her how to preserve your family treasures! When Melissa isn't thinking and talking about art, she likes to travel and eat her way through new cities.

Katie Runnerstrom found her passion for art at the Torpedo Factory in Old Towne, Alexandria, VA at just 6 years old. She received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Virginia Tech, where she became inspired from studying science and nature, which began to shape her artwork. Since school, she's lived and worked in LA, NYC, and is now back in the DMV area. Where ever she lives, she looks for ways to share her creative abilities with the community; through murals, shows, and events. She creates works of art in acrylic, watercolor, and even chalk, specializing in chalk art for local shops, restaurants, and weddings. Her work means to remind people of where they are, and inspire them to pay closer attention to the beautiful details in life.

Inessa is a mixed media artist originally from the Northern Virginia area. With a true enthusiasm for color and a passion for the unexpected, her artwork revolves around a variety of themes. Some of her favorite mediums include acrylic, paper, glitter, re-purposed wood, and recycled treasures. She loves to create texture and warmth within her pieces. Inessa has performed as a live artist for musicians, created album artwork, painted large scale murals, illustrated tattoo designs and created personalized commissions for 5 years professionally. She is humbled to share her passion for creating with her community and strives to help everyone release their inner artist!

Kayla grew up in Northern Virginia and discovered her love for art at a young age. She is always looking for ways to express her creativity whether it be through painting, illustration, writing poetry, playing instruments, writing music, singing, or acting. While her artistic style and medium vary, strong use of symmetry and portraiture is clear throughout her recent work. She is honored to be able to have an opportunity to grow as an artist and share her passion for creation and expression at Muse!

Some people collect stamps, some people play music, some grow a flower or two in a garden. Matt paints...Matt paints a lot. Born and raised Virginia artist, Matt has thrived in art schooling and practice. With a degree in painting and printmaking from VCU and paintbrush in hand, he is ready to take on the world. Puns, messy hands, wine, and endless hilarity are to be expected when in his vicinity. Having worked with kids (and being one himself), he haphazardly throws paint and ink on things and hopes it looks rad. Matt paints surreal super colorful landscapes and prints. Bigger, more color, and more "umph!"? are all moto's of his artistic practice. He strongly believes in getting away from the boring day to day life of: working, commuting, and looking at computer screens. He stresses that people should get out with friends, create awesome memories, and have a ball trying new things!

Adhem is Painter who loves to create. He enjoys painting anything from forest landscapes and the animals that inhabit them to portraits of people in cities and busy malls. He enjoys mingling, eating, painting, and sleeping, in any order.

Rachael Evans is a local artist in Reston Town Center who has been working with acrylics for over 7 years. She is originally from Charleston, South Carolina, where she grew up with a family of painters and sculptors who helped her cultivate a love for art. She loves both traditional and contemporary styles as well as pop art and comics. She is always eager to encourage new artists, both young and old.

Girasol [Hee-rah-sol] O'Neill is a young artist, mother, and resident of Northern Virginia. An aspiring Middle School Teacher, they have a wide range experience in traditional mediums such as: acrylics, oils, watercolors, ink, charcoal, and ceramics. When they first began painting, Girasol swore never to do it again because they thought it was the most impossible task in the world. Now painting is something they can't get enough of, along with bright colors, jokes, and birds. Their life is now devoted to spreading both paint and the magic of creating.

Daniela is young artist who is trying to find which art suits her best. Her upbringing in Bulgaria gives her a new and fun prospective that we are very excited about. Daniela brings her artistic flair and bubbly personality to our wonderful team. Her other interests include acting in which she has a bachelor's degree.