Barbara Brenner is an Atlanta-based fine art encaustic painter and photographer whose work captures the ephemeral through abstraction, distortion, and reflection. She draws on nature’s bounty—particularly wax from bees—to create meditative images that serve as escapes for the imagination.

After 27 years in spent with Coca-Cola USA in Atlanta, with many in Marketing and Advertising, Brenner shifted her focus to the freedom and creativity of a dedicated studio practice. Her work has since been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Atlanta and Brooklyn and is held in private and corporate collections throughout the world.

Brenner’s newest series continues her exploration of surface and distortion. Through reflection, she reshapes the built environment into poetic abstractions—structures that ripple, dissolve, and reassemble with painterly fluidity. Her practice embodies both precision and poetry, inviting viewers to linger in the liminal space where clarity and ambiguity converge, and to engage more deeply with the act of seeing.