Windy O'Connor Art and Home

Windy O’Connor is an award-winning American painter whose work is collected around the globe. Her art and design passion developed into a lifestyle brand of textiles, wallpaper, clothing, and home accessories. She has a degree in Interior Design and has studied under artist Andy Braitman in studio painting. Her work is guided by the notion that “life is a pursuit of creating something that brings another person joy” and conveys an experience, emotion, memory, or person, thanks to her dedication to utilizing various mediums. Her series of abstract portraits of women she calls Chicas has taken on a life of their own. “That is the power of energy in the creative process!” Windy’s Chicas represent the intricacies, humor, strength, and power of women. They are our mothers, sisters, friends, and history makers.
Windy’s work has been featured in House Beautiful, Southern Accents, Traditional Home, The Zoe Report, and several Charlotte publications. She was chosen as the Mint Museum Artist for the Women of Vision Luncheon in 2019. Her work was recently in a group exhibit entitled “Local/Street” at the Mint Museum, and she will be a part of a group show at Elder Gallery in Charlotte, NC in late 2021. Her studio and showroom are located at Camp North End in Charlotte.

Windy's art can be found at the following galleries:

WINDY O'CONNOR ART AND HOME, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
SWEET ART GALLERY, NAPLES, FLORIDA
ELDER GALLERY, CHARLOTTE, NC
CV Windy O’Connor:"Joy" show at Elder GalleryFall 2021
"Local/Street" Group Show The Mint Museum Spring 2021
Visionary Women's Luncheon feature artist The Mint Museum 2019Green Hill North Carolina Center for the Arts 2017 Group Show Highpoint Furniture Market Spring and Fall 2017 2018 2019 2021High Point Furniture Market Spring 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 (summer)Shop Found Pop Up Show 2016Solo exhibition Hidell Brooks Gallery May 2015Artscape Beaufort Show 2015Duke Mansion art Show 2015Art with Heart 2015Central Piedmont Community College permanent Installation 2015Women in Abstract Show group show at Hidell Brooks Gallery 2015Central Piedmont Community College solo exhibition 2014Art with Heart 2014Solo show Allison Sprock Fine art 2013Showdown Hart Wentzen Gallery 2013Slate Interiors Solo Show 2012Carolina Art Soirée 2013Carolina's Got Art 2013 juried showSlate solo show 2012Solo Show Allison Sprock Fine Art 2012Carolina Art Soirée 2012Christ Church Christmas Show 2012Small Square show Providence Gallery 2012Recipient of The Art with Heart Emerging Artist Award 2012Fall Art Show JWV Artists 2012 Charlotte, NCArt for Autism group Show 2012Alexander ScottChristmas Show 2012 Charlotte,NCSmall Square Show Providence Gallery 2011 Providence Gallery Holiday show 2011Carolina Art Soirée 2010, 2011, 2013
Education:BS, Interior Design East Carolina University 1990 Minor in Theatre Arts 1990Minor in Business Administration 1990Studied with Andy Braitman studio painting 2011–2014
Workshops:Libby Smart Landscape Workshop Miriam Durkin Portrait workshop Angela Nesbit Floral Workshop Studied with artist Kelly Sanford