ABOUT THE ARTIST
Payton Brown is a visual artist from Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. She holds a BFA in Art Education and Painting and an MFA in Painting with a Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Art—all from West Virginia University. She currently teaches art courses as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, and West Virginia University.
Her work centers around nostalgia, tradition, and human connection, often depicted through shared moments involving food and drink. Though she primarily works in oil painting, she also enjoys mixed-media, colored pencil, oil pastel, linocut printmaking, and digital illustration.
Go-to coffee order: Iced decaf coffee with lots of sugar and flavors—caramel, vanilla, cake batter—anything sweet!
Coffee sanctuary: The Dunkin’ near my apartment, but I also really love Blue Moose Cafe inn.
Follow Payton: @paytonbrown.art
See more of Payton’s delicious art on her website: .paytonbrownart.com