from studio to moon

Colleen Hoffenbacker is a U.S.-based artist whose imaginative realism engages classical oil painting through the lens of modern digital process and visual logic. Her serene floral compositions carry a subtly surreal edge, shaped by a working method where traditional techniques intersect with enhanced digital and generative tools, fostering new forms of hybrid collaboration and experimentation. Drawing inspiration from Dutch floral painting and the verdant, otherworldly atmospheres of Renaissance gardens, her work transforms digital botanical abstractions into luminous contemplative spaces — “secret gardens of the mind” — gently modulating between floral precision and lyrical inflection. These small-scale paintings invite viewers into increasingly strange, mysterious, and evocative worlds, where timeless human vision meets the next generation of perceptual thresholds between emergent form and touch.

Hoffenbacker is a Member with Distinction of American Women Artists and an Elected Member of Allied Artists of America. She holds the notable precedent of being the first painter to secure U.S. copyright for hand-painted works created in collaboration with AI. Her background in commercial art and vintage poster restoration, combined with a BA in Studio and Fine Art and training at the Academy of Classical Design, informs her meticulous approach to form, atmosphere, and symbolic nuance.

Her work is included in the permanent Lunar Codex — a curated archive of creative works launched to the Moon — and is featured in private collections, galleries, museums, and publications worldwide. She is recognized in Who’s Who In America for outstanding contributions to contemporary visual art.