Octavia Byrd is an artist from Hamden, CT. She graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a BA in studio arts. Her medium of choice are oil and acrylic paint on canvas and masonite. In her personal work she celebrates the natural beauty of women. She enjoys engaging in conversation with others and having a good laugh. Her goals are to bring smiles to your faces while having fun and bringing out your inner Picasso.

Julia, a mixed media artist based in New York, is working hard to expand her horizons in the art world. After being in art school for more than 6 years She decided to come to Muse to get some more real world experience in the career she loves.

Jaci is a self-taught artist from Middletown, CT. Previously a professional dancer, she took her creativity from the stage to the canvas along her artistic journey. She participates in Art Shows and Craft Expos throughout New England as well as sells commissions. She likes to bring things of the imagination into real images especially with abstract animals, outer space and silhouettes. She is very passionate about inspiring and helping others through Art. Jaci is currently pursuing a career in Creative Arts Therapy in hopes to continue sharing her passion with others through imagination and creativity!

Chelsea is a self taught mixed media artist who has been painting, drawing, and creating since she was a child. She draws inspiration from the symbology of the human imagination. Exploring her inner world through art, she brings dreams, ideas, and personal mythologies to life. Her preferred mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolor and pencil. She is working toward a Fine Arts Certificate at Paier College of Art. She also works as a substitute at a non profit called East Street Arts where she assists disabled individuals at an art/caning studio in New Haven. Her favorite pastimes are creating art, singing, writing, hiking, and spending time with family. She is passionate about uplifting and inspiring others, reminding them that nothing is impossible and that everyone is creative and has something beautiful to offer the world. This is what she hopes to bring to Muse Paintbar.

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, all around creative, Richonna Storm Dennis-Louis recently moved to Shelton, CT in November 2021 with her husband and toddler son. Always exploring her creativity from a young age with the help of her mother, putting her into various art and fashion programs as well as Dennis' maternal and paternal grandmothers , Katie and Francis, who helped with her sewing and patternmaking skills. She attended Wellesley, MA public school system and in conjunction with the love and care from the faculty and students would help develop Dennis as a person and focus on her goals as an artist under the guidance of her beloved high school art teachers and photography teacher. Dennis would also go on to attend fashion programs at Massachusetts College of Art and The School Fashion Design in Boston Massachusetts during high school. In 2005, Dennis moved to Brooklyn, NY to attend the prestigious Pratt Institute. Dennis majored in Fashion Design and explored various fine art classes to broaden her artistic skill set and would even go on to intern for the incredible Hat Designer, Milliner, Albertus Swanepoel. Dennis graduated from Pratt in 2009 and Even though Married2Art LLC had been in the works for sometime, creating custom artwork and clothing for private clients, it would officially become a business in 2013 after Richonna faced many struggles in her personal and professional life. Through facing the trials and tribulations it had become apparent she should only be doing what she loves most, CREATING ART! Dennis went back to school in 2013 attending an accelerated Masters program at Lasell College. Dennis majored in business management with a concentration of Marketing, graduating with a MSM in 2014. Throughout the years Dennis would take part in art and fashion shows, many of which were self produced/curated. She is a workaholic, who is driven by success and creating abstract works, colorful portraits, as well as phenomenal wearable art/gowns. She is a fun loving outdoorsy individual who enjoys crafting of all sorts, cooking and baking and is also very family oriented and close to her friends. She dedicates her art and fashion works to her close friend, Destiny Evans and Pratt Father, Christopher Hunte, who both passed away from cancer.