BIO

Ashton Kaleigh is an artist and art instructor originally from El Paso, Texas. Her artwork has shown nationally and she has works in private collections internationally. Ashton teaches “paint and sip” style painting classes all around El Paso several times a month. Additionally, Ashton teaches private art lessons in her hometown and online. She has illustrated her first children's book, Carmelita, by Meagan O'Toole Pitts and is currently working on a second book by a different author.

Ashton has been painting for over eighteen years in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and digital. Her original paintings are figurative leaning surreal, playing with symbolism to comment on various aspects of the human condition and current societal issues. When she has time, Ashton also takes commissions for custom art as portraits of people and pets, murals, poster/album art, illustrations, and other unique requests.

Ashton's love of art was cultivated early. Her mother was a talented artist and passed that love and passion to her children in various ways. Ashton loved both Japanese and Western comics since childhood and dreamed of being a comic book artist before getting into fine art.