Ashley Oberholtzer has been exploring what "electric feminine" means to her as a woman and artist. She says it feels like blasting David Bowie, it is the bliss of singing with the crowd at a performance of the all-girl band The Last Dinner Party. It feels like checking in at Hotel Saint Cecilia and lounging poolside at night under the neon glow. It is the pleasure of ordering yourself flowers from your favorite local florists. 

The purpose of her work is to highlight and share those delights by making paintings in deep color palettes washed in reds, magentas, and violets. Her candy-colored oil paintings on wood panels are rendered in an expressive representational style and coated in a glossy varnish.

The darkness of the pandemic, followed by the passing of her wonderful mother from cruel and brutal cancer has made her want to focus on the delights this world has to offer rather than sink into the dark. In this current moment of political déjà vu, it's a matter of joining the movement of joy as resistance. 

Ashley an Austin, Texas artist and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BFA in Studio Art.

Recent exhibitions include a solo show called “Studies on Delight” at Llano Art Gallery in Llano, Texas from April - July 2024 and inclusion in the virtual exhibition "GLAM" collaboratively organized by PxP Contemporary and Create! Magazine in June 2024.