Currently based in Asheville, North Carolina, Ashton Hill is the creator of visionary artworks in the styling of "fairytale surrealism".
She paints under the moniker of Kettle Head Art, as well as orchestrates the Pigment Sanctuary Art collective at events across the country. As an artist, director, and event coordinator, she has made her mark on the East Coast creative scene for over 15 years.
Chasing knowledge from university education to master mentorship, from individual studies to collaborative practices, Ashton has followed her artistic passion into all the spaces that the muses have led. Influencing social change and community improvement have also been part of her purpose, and has exhibited itself in her involvement with outreach and gallery coordination. As director of the Pigment Sanctuary at events such as Mountain Music Festival in the New River Gorge, West Virginia her work within the art world has been most consistently seen.
Ashton developed her oil painting techniques under the tutelage of Master painter Philip Rubinov-Jacobson in the long lineage of mischtechnik, aiming towards apprenticeship. She majored in fine art, psychology and education in her college years and has expounded on her educational pursuits through a variety of self motivated experiences over the last decade.

Education:
With my basic artistic education starting early through my mother, most of my higher creative education has been self taught and hungrily sought.
As a student at both Liberty University and Blue Ridge Community College for a total of 6 years, I have acquired nearly 130 credited hours of higher education, ranging from phycology to education, though most focused in the Fine Arts. 
Since then, I've pursued experiences that grow my creative knowledge, such as studying technique under the guidance of esteemed painting masters, and collaborating generously with other fine artists. 
In the spring of 2019 and the Summer of 2021, 2024 and 2025, I had the honor of studying with Professor Philip Rubinov Jacobson for an intensive mischtechnik program. 
As Founder of the Pigment Sanctuary I've hosted workshops, galleries, and events that have continued furthering my community and my own skill growth.