Katie Brines

I am a painter based in northern Virginia, originally from the windy and watery landscape of northern Michigan. My work is rooted in a deep reverence for the natural world—its rhythms, textures, and quiet transformations. I draw inspiration from the changing seasons, from memory, and from the spaces where emotion and ecology intertwine.

My paintings are lush and evocative, often exploring the connections between the wildness of nature and the feminine qualities of empathy, humility, and intuition. I’m drawn to materials that reflect the earth itself—using pigments made from crushed rocks and minerals, bound with natural resin—to create surfaces that are rich with texture and life.

Repeated drawn motifs weave their way through my work: symbolic plants shapes, footprints, clothes hanging in the sun to dry, and elemental forms that reference an imagined, whimsical world. These marks become part of a visual language I return to again and again—an ongoing dialogue between the seen and the felt.

Through my process, I aim to create spaces that invite reflection, wonder, and a sense of connectedness to the natural world.

WHERE TO FIND MY WORK:

QUIRK GALLERY IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

ELDER PIPER BEER IN PETOSKEY, MI

IN SEPTEMBER AT THE 23RD ANNUAL ALEXANDRIA ART FESTIVAL IN ALEXANDRIA, VA: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH FROM 10 AM-5 PM

IN NOVEMBER AT THE 32ND NORTHERN VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS MARKET IN CHANTILLY, VA NOVEMBER 7TH - 9TH: FRIDAY & SATURDAY FROM 10:00 - 6:00, & SUNDAY 10:00-5:00

IN NOVEMBER AT THE WOODBRIDGE CHRISTMAS MARKET & HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW IN STONEBRIDGE AT POTOMAC TOWN CENTER: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST FROM 5:00 - 9:00 PM

IN DECEMBER AT THE NATIONAL HARBOR CHRISTMAS MARKET & HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW AT NATIONAL HARBOR, MD: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH FROM 12:00 - 6:00 PM