About Me
Brittani is a painter, and world-builder whose work fuses visual storytelling with cultural depth and historical imagination.
Brittani’s creative journey began in early childhood, sketching between the pews of a small Baptist church in Illinois—an unconventional studio that sparked a lifelong passion for drawing. Encouraged by deeply supportive parents, she quickly gained recognition for her talent, winning numerous art competitions across her community, school, and statewide organizations. These early accolades laid the foundation for a career defined by imagination, discipline, and a relentless drive to create.
Known for her prolific painting practice and richly detailed designs, she draws inspiration from ancient civilizations, global mythologies, and timeless traditions to create immersive, narrative-driven worlds. In addition to writing and illustrating several original and commissioned books, Brittani is the founder of a thriving freelance illustration and design studio, collaborating with clients to bring bold creative visions to life. She has also taught Digital Animation and Character Design at Kennesaw State University, where she shares her expertise and passion with the next generation of storytellers.
Artist Statement
As an artist, I am devoted to storytelling—visually capturing the depth, tension, and beauty of the human experience through both digital and physical media. My work is driven by a desire to make visible what often remains unseen: inner worlds, spiritual struggles, cultural memory, and emotional nuance. Drawing from my heritage as a Black woman, I create work that exists at the intersection of lived experience, sacred symbolism, and expressive form.
My artistic practice embraces contrast—between color and black-and-white, digital and tactile, softness and sharpness. These juxtapositions allow me to explore the complexity of identity, spirit, and survival. I’m drawn to rhythm and flow—not just as compositional tools, but as reflections of movement through time, through history, and through emotional space. Whether I’m layering textures in mixed media or building luminous scenes in digital illustration, I aim to create a visual cadence that speaks without words.
Much of my work centers on the body and the spirit—how they connect, conflict, and evolve. I use color intentionally: vibrant tones to express emotion and vitality, and black and white to strip moments down to their essential truths. There is power in simplicity, just as there is power in abundance. This balance is key to my process.
My current body of work, Humanity and Divinity, exemplifies these values. The series explores the fragile, often contradictory space between the human and the sacred. Using both digital and physical techniques, I depict figures immersed in earthly emotion—longing, beauty, grief—while surrounded by symbols of the divine: light, flame, an unseen hand. The work asks: What does it mean to reach for something higher while still grounded in struggle? What does salvation look like when we feel undeserving of it? The answers, I believe, live in our personal and cultural stories.
In all of my work, I return to the idea of visibility. As a Black woman artist, I create from a lineage of people who turned pain into vision, who made the invisible visible. My art is not just an exploration of self, but a contribution to that ongoing legacy. I strive to make work that invites reflection, celebrates complexity, and holds space for both brokenness and grace.
Ultimately, my practice is a form of testimony. Through layered textures, striking contrasts, and emotional rhythm, I tell stories—of people, of spirit, of the spaces in between. Whether through digital illustration, fine art, or mixed media, my goal remains the same: to create work that resonates, heals, and speaks to the truth of being human.