Katrina Nixon

Katrina was born in Flint, Michigan in 1971. Her family moved to Celo Community, in the mountains of North Carolina, when she was 8. Celo is home to many accomplished artists that inspired and encouraged her love for art. Katrina’s passions were being outside, making art, and singing. Today those remain her deepest passions. She studied art in high school, winning several local and state awards, and then went on to study drawing, painting, and graphic design at UNC-G and Winthrop University. Katrina has shown her work at Art One in Gastonia, NC, Greenrice Designs in Charlotte, NC, and currently represented by Presson Gallery, Monroe, NC, which opens on March 15, 2024. 

Katrina specializes in drawing and painting. She loves working with people and doing custom commissions in many styles and mediums.  She is a mother of three girls who are an inspiration to her work. She has spent the last 19 years homeschooling them. She began her professional art career 10 years ago making art for a local interior designer, realtors, and other clients. She loves abstract art, Asian art, and vintage figurative art like that of Alphonse Mucha.

Katrina’s work shares themes that many can relate to. She loves deeply and enjoys wholeheartedly the people and experiences in her life. She enjoys expressing her heart in her work. “Out of the overflow of the heart, a man speaks.” Matthew 12:34. Her most current work reflects her love for the Light in nature that feels like a warm wind drawing us into communion with our Creator.