Caleigh Parsons

Caleigh Parsons (she/her)(b.1976) is a visual artist based in Dothan, Alabama.

She paints intuitively with mixed media on canvas, wood, and paper. Visually, she’s always been drawn to contrasting composition and colors. When she paints, she is compelled to combine the unexpected, even if it doesn’t make sense - because that’s what makes sense to her.

Caleigh grew up in North Alabama and attended The University of Alabama, earning a BS in Language Arts Education in 1998. Caleigh taught English and Creative Writing for five years before changing course entirely and becoming an executive recruiter in 2002. As soon as she began collecting a paycheck, Caleigh began collecting art. Her love of art grew over the next 20 years, and her home is now filled with pieces she’s accumulated from her travels as well as from local and regional artists she admires.

After twenty years in the executive recruiting business, in 2021, Caleigh began her art practice when she opened a studio space for local artists to create and collaborate. She attempted painting many times over many years (because her true dream has always been to be an abstract painter), but she finally found her voice when she learned that it was ok, and in her case essential, t...

1998 BS, Language Arts Education, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

2022 (In)Dependent, Bells Gallery, Dothan, Alabama
2023 Micro Moves, Bells Gallery, Dothan, Alabama
2024 Maxine Orange Gallery, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
ESOM Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Art on the Mountain, Beersheba Springs, Tennessee
Alabama Roots, Guntersville, Alabama
Anthology, Bells Gallery, Dothan, Alabama
2025 Pretty Angry, Liz Lane Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
Art as Life, Caitlin Shirock Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
The Art of the Staycation, Grand Bohemian Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
Sophiella Gallery, Mobile, Alabama