Artist Bio

Ruby M. Theyson is an intuitive abstract artist creating within the threshold of ancestral memory, ritual, and deep knowing. Her work carries an ancient pulse; deeply influenced by ancestral roots, folklore, old gods, and symbolic worlds, making her paintings often feel like fragments of a forgotten mythology. 

Theyson works with acrylic, oil, salt, and other natural materials with her paintings emerging as offerings rather than constructions. Often cold wax moves through her work as both material and ritual, a reflection of her practice as a professional chandler; melted, sealed with intention.

Alongside painting, her devotion to poetry, 35mm film, and a love for analog weaves the sense of tangible connection through her work, and sharpens the sensitivity. At its core, Ruby’s work is an invocation and an offering of presence, connection, and the recognition of the unseen threads that bind us.

Artist Photo: Reliquary/ Victoria Byers