Gabriela Gomez-Misserian is a visual artist based in Charleston, South Carolina.

Gabriela is a native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and spent four years in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Lexington, Virginia. Now, she lives full-time in the Carolina Lowcountry.

Growing up, reading children’s books with her mom, dad, and two dogs offered a colorful way to see the world. Literary favorites like Goodnight Moon, The Country Bunny, and Go, Dog, Go!, as well as the works of Beatrix Potter and Margaret Tempest, tied storytelling to the visual arts–and act as sources of inspiration today.

Her studio work imbues daily life with whimsy, familiarity, and warmth. She embraces imperfection in her practice: Expressive and wonky lines vibrate with movement and character, and paintings and drawings reimagine personal memories of verdant Southern gardens, coastal landscapes, farmers’ markets, historic Charleston neighborhoods, and cozy interiors.

Gabriela is a full-time digital producer and writer at Garden & Gun magazine, a field guide to the soul of the South. She tells stories about visual artists across the region, including the Caddo sculptor Raven Halfmoon, the stick man Patrick Dougherty, New Orleans’ naturalist and painter Ida Floreak, Alabama’s renowned multimedia artist Thornton Dial, the prolific creator Lonnie Holley, and environmental activist and artist Hannah Chalew.