Starla Halfmann

Starla Michelle Halfmann is a professional Austin artist and Texas native. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Design Communications from Texas Tech University. Her art and design interests are varied but her focus is on pushing the limits of impasto style paintings combined with mixed media.

"I view myself as an intuitive painter - meaning I never start with a plan and I use the canvas much like a page in diary. Usually, I get a word or image in my head and I start to paint what I'm feeling. This keeps things fresh and alive in my art because generally I have no idea whe...

Starla Michelle Halfmann is a professional Austin artist and Texas native. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Design Communications from Texas Tech University. Her art and design interests are varied but her focus is on pushing the limits of impasto style paintings combined with mixed media.

"I view myself as an intuitive painter - meaning I never start with a plan and I use the canvas much like a page in diary. Usually, I get a word or image in my head and I start to paint what I'm feeling. This keeps things fresh and alive in my art because generally I have no idea where a painting will take me and I pray and learn the whole way through. I believe most of the paintings I work on are spiritual life lessons I'm learning at the time. At the completion of the piece, I pray to discern the meaning and move on to the next lesson. If you'd like to know more about this I've sharred some stories in my blog at www.starlamichelle.com."