LET ME REINTRODUCE MYSELF

I have been painting, creating, and designing as long as I can remember. Not in one style. Not in one box. That's never been how I work, a

nd it's never been how I live.

I'm Carrie. Rebel Wild is my brand, my art, and honestly, my answer to a world that really loves to sort people into categories. I've watched that dynamic play out in the world, where the advice is always find your lane and stay in it, and I've lived it personally, in a life that has never looked the way people expected it to. I stopped apologizing for that a long time ago.

In early 2024, I was quietly building this creative business on the side. I would work every night, after long days managing a demanding job and family life, chipping away at something that was just for me. Then that fall, I was unexpectedly laid off. It was a shock. Scary. But I wasn't going to let it break me.

A few days later, I pulled out my brushes and started creating again. No plans. No expectations. Just me and a canvas.

A week later, I finished my first piece in over three years. I called it Heartstorm. It took shape from the chaos and beauty of life, the tug-of-war between giving love to others and remembering to hold space for yourself. The mess, the magic, and all the twists you never see coming. It felt like a love letter to myself.

That spark let me find a voice using a medium, instead of screaming into the void. At a time when hate has been broadcast so freely, I create to carry the reminder of love over hate.

My work is message-driven and visually layered. My art has something to say about power, about reclaiming your own narrative, about the wild parts of ourselves that the world spends a lot of energy trying to quiet. Each piece is one of a kind and comes with original writing, because for me the image and the word have always belonged together.

As for the name — it came from my girls. Two young daughters with enormous personalities, in a blended family that doesn't look like everyone's idea of a standard picture. For years I'd carried the phrase Live Wild as a personal philosophy. Not about being reckless. About refusing to grieve a life just because it didn't go the direction someone else said it should. About dreaming big, being yourself, staying open to the experiences that come along the way. When the right name finally hit, I knew it immediately. It was about them. It was about me. It was the same thing. Life is busy, loud, and always an adventure. I wouldn't have it any other way with my own little Rebel and Wild.

That's Rebel Wild. Come as you are. If something in the work spoke to you, good. That's exactly what it's for.

with love,

Carrie