Drained Painting

Allison Hilgert was born a nature lover in the small town of Crystal River, Florida. She grew up playing among cypress trees, weaving crowns and scepters from palmetto branches. When she wasn’t outside, she was either dreaming or painting with her mother, a local artist. After graduating from Ringling College of Art and Design with a BFA she worked as a graphic designer until her love of painting returned her to the wilderness of Florida. Inspired by overlooked found things, she manipulates human form into magical, somber, and sometimes terrifying dream-like elements.