Arienne Boley

“Learning to cultivate our imagination is the fuel we need to be creative. Encouraging others to imagine through my paintings is a large part of my own art.” 

Born and raised in a small Midwestern community, Arienne spent her childhood immersed in creative outlets and dreaming of making art for large audiences. 

Arienne has been passionate about art and storytelling since her childhood. She grew up with a massive whiteboard that took up a whole wall in her house. There she would constantly sketch and create ideas. Encouraging her creativity, while she slept her parents would doodle something on the board and when she awoke, she would add to their doodles, creating her first works of art. 

Eventually, Arienne began filling sketchbooks as she took part in every creative opportunity she could find. From pottery to photography and everything in between, Arienne tried her hand at it all, discovering her passion was visual storytelling. 

With her greatest lesson being “Success comes from hard work and absolute belief in your dreams”, she went on to study art in Massachusetts at Montserrat College of Art & Design, graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration. 

It was in college she learned not just how to create beautiful art, but where she honed in on WHAT she wants to do with her art - bring story and art together to create compelling experiences for her audience.

Arienne believed there would be no better way to do this than to work for Disney, pursuing her dream to be a Disney Fine Artist. Having worked for Disney as both a Decorator and a Character Painter, she is honored to now have that dream realized and be a Disney Fine Artist. 

Arienne’s work is characterized by luminous colors and idealized settings used to create emotion and convey a story.

Known for her use of color and light to produce a sense of dream-like quality in her paintings, her technique is compelling in experiencing her artwork. 

Her intensity for life and insatiable curiosity feed her creative process and bring a unique perspective to her paintings.