About Brandy

My name is Brandy, and I am the artist behind Healing Peace by Piece.

My art journey began in 2021, during a time when I was rediscovering both my creativity and myself.  I have always loved color and fabric, but it wasn’t until I had an abundance of leftover material from mask making during the pandemic that I found my true medium.  Instead of letting the scraps go to waste, I began cutting them into even smaller pieces and experimenting with it on canvas.  What emerged was something entirely new to me…the art of fabric collage!  

Every piece I create is made from countless scraps of cotton, carefully cut, placed with tweezers, and then fused onto canvas.  I use fabric the way that others use paint, building portraits, still life’s and imagined scenes through texture, color and layering.  The process is slow, intentional and deeply personal. 

At the same time I began creating this work, I also returned to therapy to continue healing from childhood abuse.  I am an incest survivor, and for the first thirteen years of my life, I was never allowed to be a child, and instead a victim at the hands of my two abusers.  In therapy, while working through that trauma, I shared something with my therapist that many survivors understand instinctively…”The true monsters are never under the bed, they’re on top of it.” To which my therapist responded with “Go paint that.”

That moment changed everything.

Through my art, I found a way to give voice to parts of myself that had been silent for so very long- especially my inner child.  Healing Peace by Piece became both a creative practice and a healing one.  Each artwork represents not just an image, but a process of reclaiming, expressing, and integrating pieces of myself that were once fragmented. 

I often describe my work as Buddhist Art- art that embraces impermanence.  Unlike painted canvases meant to last for generations, my fabric collages remain organic and untreated.  The fabric will age, soften and eventually break down over time.  The artwork with proper care, will last for the lifetime of the collector, but not forever- and that is intentional.  Like any Buddhist art...sand mandalas, ice sculptures and woven textiles, the beauty lies in its presence, not its permanence. 

I do not seal or harden my work.  I want the purchaser to touch it. To feel it. To connect with it physically as well as emotionally.  The fabric is soft, natural and comforting- inviting interaction rather than distance.  Many collectors tell me that this tactile quality is what draws them in most, offering a sense of grounding and connections that feels deeply human.  

Healing Peace by Piece is about transformation- taking what was once fragmented or painful and creating something whole, meaningful, and alive.  Each piece is a reminder that healing doesn’t happen all at once, but slowly, intentionally, and with care…one piece at a time.