Briana Kranz

With an intuitive sense of style and beauty, Briana carries out both lifestyle illustration commissions as well as live portraiture at fashion events. She loves experimenting with line and forms across an array of media, working both by hand and digitally, and when she’s not working enjoys soaking up nature’s beauty out hiking, kayaking and camping with her family. Some of her biggest inspirations include Chuck Close, Helen Frankenthaler, Stina Persson, Antonio Lopez and Kenneth Block. Briana majored in Illustration and Graphic Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she taught fashion illustration for over a decade alongside her bubbling freelance career.

Approach

With a background in graphic design, Briana looks for balance in her compositions. She works in multiple media, including ink, watercolour and pastel. “Experimentation as well as a seemingly effortless feel is what I strive for, with an element of realism or likeness,” she says.

Style

Briana’s style is sensitive, loose, intuitive and experimental. When drawing live, her work is quick and expressive, whereas her commissions are afforded more time and precision for a finer finish.