Paint & Sip in Garden City, NY

Ashley has always had a passion for art and the freedom it gives people to express themselves. She loves the idea that there is no wrong way to create or interpret art. She earned her first degree black belt in karate at the age of 15. That's when her journey teaching began. She finds it rewarding to teach people new things in a fun and judgment free way. She mainly works with acrylic, but growing up was very involved with photography, sculpture, and wood working. Now she loves traveling, her dog, and reading a good book.

Alexis always found solace and joy through art as a child - throughout high school and college it always remained a passion. She took fine art classes in Garden City at the Church in the Garden during her adolescence and she went on to minor in studio art throughout her undergraduate career at Molloy College. During this past year, she was able to participate in the contemporary-art community for a brief period during her master's degree program in Florence, Italy in 2015. She loves how art is an intrinsic reflection of personality, culture, and oneself and believes everyone has a unique ability to produce something beyond their expectation and looks forward to bringing out the creativity in everyone who joins a Muse Paintbar session!

Dana grew up in a home surrounded by the artwork of her great grandfather, grandmother and father.From a young age, she loved to create. She found her passion at a young age...decorative painting on three dimensional surfaces and furniture. She studied with nationally acclaimed decorative artists and developed her own style. Her latest love is watercolor painting. She also attended SUNY Farmingdale and graduated as the valedictorian in 2001 with her bachelors degree in Visual Communications. She worked for many years as a graphic designer. Besides her love for painting, she is certified to teach working with precious metal clay and has designed many pieces of silver and gold jewelry. For the past twelve years, she has taught and still currently teaches at SUNY Farmingdale in their Visual Communications department. She feels blessed every day to be able to do two things she absolutely loves...painting and teaching. She currently resides on the south shore with her husband, two daughters, a son, three dogs, four cats and a bird who she adores. Yes, she is a crazy animal lady! Her favorite place to find peace and solace at is the beach by the Robert Moses lighthouse. She also is obsessed with mermaids!!

Jean is a self-taught artist who believes she was given the gift of artistry to share with others. Knowing that everyone has an imagination and a creative side, she enjoys encouraging and inspiring others to tap into theirs. She believes that everything in life, in one form or another, is a piece of art! If Jean could turn back the hands of time she would have listened to her inner voice and not the voices of others who would say, "What do you want to be, a starving artist?" She would have earned her Bachelor's Degree in Art instead of Marketing. Jean started her career with a Long Island computer software company. Jean has also worked as a Stylist and Set Designer for a photography studio in Manhattan and as a Floral Designer and Marketing Consultant for a Queens based nursery. In recent years, while raising her family, Jean started and ran her own novelty dessert business where she loved creating food art for special occasions. Jean has been taking art classes for the past five years and is now here at Muse! She feels blessed for her life's journey and believes art is an integral part of who she is and plans to continue sharing her knowledge and gifts with others.

Alexis has been making art since her childhood days of scribbling on her grandparents walls. From then, her entire life has been focused on art. She continued to grow and build her skills throughout all her education, graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BFA in Illustration. Her work consists of traditional and digital paintings and drawings using acrylics, markers, colored pencils and more to bring bright, and colorful pieces to life. Those scribbles from childhood developed over time into large scale murals throughout her adult career as an artist. Having painted murals all throughout her high school, college and throughout Queens, NY, painting is her true passion in life. Some more passions of hers include, singing/performing, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and loving dogs. She loves helping others and is so grateful to teach the joys of creating art here at Muse!

From the moment Maia could pick up a crayon, she was burning through sketchbooks endlessly. Always seeing and translating the world around her through art and imagination. Constantly looking for a way to share her art with the people around her; later transformed into a love for teaching the art skills she has learned. Maia's passions have always been illustration and painting. Some of her favorite subjects include, portraits, fantasy illustrations, Retro Sci-fi and Horror, vintage style and art history. Recently she has been working on custom wood burning art! She even has her own Etsy shop you can check out! https://www.etsy.com/shop/CutYaBangz

Megan has loved art from a young age. Growing up, she has always been drawn to artistic mediums such as books, films, and television. She is a recent graduate from Emerson College, obtaining a B.F.A in Visual Media Arts-- focusing in media development and artistry for film & TV. Today, Megan is still a huge fan of horror, fantasy, and animated films. Favorite horror movie: The Conjuring, favorite fantasy series: Harry Potter, and favorite animated film: harsh tie between Spirited Away and Into the Spider-Verse. In her spare time she loves to be out in nature with her pup, explore art museums, read, or share a good meal with family and friends. Megan hopes to lead an artistic career and leave impactful memories in people's lives as art does for her. She is very excited to share her artist journey with Muse!

Kiernan has been creating artwork since she was a little girl. Art has always been her passion. She mostly enjoys painting and drawing, but dabbles in sculpture from time to time. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in Art Therapy from LIU Post and has worked with all kinds of mediums including screen printing, charcoal, and of course acrylic paint. Kiernan has a passionate, heartfelt, and upbeat attitude wherever she goes. She has a gift of making people feel comfortable and inspired to bring out their creativity. She believes that anyone can be an artist. Whether you draw a stick figure or an intricate mural, everything is art.

Jacqueline aka "Jakkie" for short, is an illustrator from Long Island. Her earliest memory is drawing her home on construction paper with a crayon. Over the years, she grew fascinated with illustration and comics and went to go to college for art. She received a Bachelor's in Graphic Design from Queens College in late 2021. Her art mainly comprises digital illustrations and acrylic paintings. Her favorite things to paint are flowers and landscapes, while her favorite illustrations are interpretations of her dreams in a fun and whimsical way. Her inspirations come from surreal art like Roman Bratschi's "Nonsense in 3D" series, as well as abstract colorful paintings like Maggi McDonald's. She hopes to bring the healing joys of art through the process of painting as it has done for her all her life to others. She believes that everyone should have the chance to express themselves creatively, as it may open a whole new world to anyone at any stage of life.

Before Mehgan knew what an artist was, she knew that she was meant to have a pencil in her hand. From as soon as kindergarten, Mehgan found the most happiness in getting to take a pencil to paper and create whatever she pleased. Inspired by comic books, animation, and the people she loved most, Mehgan fostered her love for illustration through her youth, and took it all the way to Adelphi University. She graduated with a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in portraiture, leaving her mark on the University with a mural she designed in the school's library. Mehgan now seeks to expand her creative horizons, and hopes to spread the joy that art can bring to others.

Emily is a painter who specializes in oil, acrylic, and watercolor, and particularly loves portraiture. She has been drawing since she was 11 years old, has continued to make artwork ever since, and studied art through college. She enjoys connecting with others through the visual arts, which is why she became an Artist at Muse! She hopes to become an Art teacher in the future.

JoAnna spent their early years doodling mermaids and Daleks all over their class worksheets and taking every advanced art class offered in school. She graduated from Hofstra University with a Fine Arts and Writing Studies BFA, where they pored over elaborate illustrations and helped fellow students brainstorm and perfect essays in the Writing Center. Now she practices calligraphy with chisel-tip markers and paint when not sketching and rendering scary-cute figures in experimental outfits. Painting may appear to require elusive talent, but JoAnna knows that every achievement can be broken down into digestible steps that can empower anybody to create a masterpiece. Because art is the outward expression of inner thoughts and feelings, everyone is capable of making art that moves and inspires. This artist haunts the Long Island seaside and strives to find beauty in the unconventional.