Artist Biography: Caleigh Bird was born in Toronto in 1984 and was brought up in historic Charleston, SC. Luckily, this contemporary figure and portrait artist was highly encouraged by her family her entire life and was always involved in extra-circular artistic endeavors since the moment she could sit up. Caleigh has been intensely studying traditional figurative techniques since she was a young teenager, as well as drawing from live models regularly, in an effort to portray her muses as the amazing works of art they already are in real life. She now creates 3 dimensional figurative oil paintings using resin and natural found objects discovered on her travels. Caleigh received her Bachelors Degree in Studio Art from the College Of Charleston then later received her Masters Degree in Studio Art at USC in Columbia, SC, while soaking up as many art history classes as possible. Caleigh attended two atelier programs at the Istituto Michelangelo in Florence, Italy as well as Studio Escalier in Argenton-Chateau, France, and has peppered her entire life with both international and cross-country adventures and museum visits. In 2015 Caleigh relocated to O'ahu, Hawai’I, where the lush landscapes and culturally diverse population heavily influences her art to this day. Now in 2021 she has happily found her place among the enthusiastic educators in the Illustration Department at Nossi College of Art in Nashville, TN passing her love of fine art onto the next generation of creative thinkers. "