Creativity sparkles in Piper Rudich’s work.

Although a bit of an unconventional artist, Rudich’s artwork is dear and unique. That is because this digital painter is all about the evolution of her style and her pieces.

“My goal with this particular collection is to reflect the evolution of not only myself, but the emotion of self as translated through my paintings and painting style”, says Rudich.

Rudich’s art is accessible. Her computer is truly the only studio space she needs. The screen is her canvas. Her paint and brushes are layers, filters, textures, contrast, exposure and other tools. From scratch, she creates and tweaks images to generate her work. And what results are urban contemporary pieces that draw the viewer in.

A native of Fort Myers, Rudich spent her entire life expressing her creativity through her drawings, paintings and clothing production. Fresh out of high school, the aspiring artist moved to Tampa to attend The International Academy of Design. After graduation, she returned to Southwest Florida and began an apprenticeship at a local tattoo shop. But the artist became enchanted with digital art, when she stumbled upon a Wacom tablet. To Rudich, it was amazing how a screen could help an artist create almost anything.

Like an oil or acrylic painter, Rudich is competent with the handling of her medium. One hand-drawn brush stroke at a time renders a piece of her drawing and brings out the artist’s proficiency in her field.

She admits music is what fuels her creative process. To her, a melody gives her artwork a sense of emotion. Emotion that is then transmitted by the portrait she is working on.

“There’s a meaningful combination between music and my work,” she says. “Music helps me transform shapes and objects into an idea that aesthetically expresses what I’m feeling through my work.”

Take Red for example, this digital painting transmits hope, while Jacksonville City Lights conveys a bit of sadness.

But music isn’t this artist’s only influence. Rudich’s favorite artist is John John Jesse, an illustrative painter from New York City’s Lower East Side in the Juxtapoz gonzo-pop vein. In her work, influences from the Juxtapoz movement, realism and pop art seep through.

Like in the Juxtapoz medium, each work of art Rudich creates helps define and celebrate alternative and underground contemporary art. In her own way, each piece reflects a sound expression, an intense ideology and a passion for her medium.

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