My work explores 'universal everyday living spaces' using AI tools like Midjourney, DALL-E 2, and Adobe Firefly, neural networks that generate visuals from prompts like 'vernacular living room.' These AI-generated images are edited with Photoshop to create composite collages, blending AI collaboration with my artistic goals. These collages serve as blueprints for paintings, merging technology with personal narrative to capture both universal and personal perspectives.

Intimately scaled paintings of aura-filled interior spaces are dramatically intensified by cinematic lighting and vibrant but limited color palettes. These works, devoid of figures, create solitary environments that draw the viewer into moments of temporal displacement and quiet, found in the stillness of night and the nuanced light of dusk. Raised in a household where visibility often meant vulnerability, my pieces reflect a desire for peace and self-possession— spaces untouched by others, conflict, and self-doubt. 

Alex Renbarger (b.1999) specializes in painting isolated interior scenes with intense lighting and vivid colors, based on AI-generated images. She graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX, with a BFA in studio art and is currently attending UNL’s graduate program in painting and drawing. Select exhibitions include the Graduate Juried Exhibition at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS; Smoke & Mirrors at the Medici Gallery in Lincoln, NE; UARK x UNL Exchange at Sugar Gallery in Fayetteville, AR; The Artist’s Studio at Spellerberg Projects Main St. Gallery in Lockhart, TX; Illusions of Reverie at Texas State Galleries in San Marcos, TX; and Here and There at Clamplight Gallery in San Antonio, TX.