We invite you to immerse yourself in the Collab Lab’s latest curated collection, where the color pink transcends the ordinary. From bold, energetic abstracts and intricate mosaics to serene tea moments and reimagined classics, this show explores the depth, power, and surprising versatility of a single hue.
Take your time to explore the gallery and appreciate the incredible craftsmanship of these talented creators. As you view each piece, scroll down to read the Artist’s Notes and discover the personal stories, memories, and philosophies that inspired this wonderful collection.
MEET THE ARTISTS BEHIND THE WORK
Flamingo
Kristy Guenther
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions: 12 x 12 in.
- Price: $300 (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
“Nature can be appreciated on many different levels, and looking at it up close has allowed me to discover colors and patterns that become their own version of abstract art. It invites the viewer to look closer and see it in a way they had not before.”
Inquiries: DM @kguentherart on Instagram or visit kguentherart.com/contact
Would You Like Cocktail Sauce With That?
HL Wirtner, The Fishing Artist | Pennsylvania
- Medium: Mixed media with 3D textures and acrylic skins
- Price: $1,800 (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
“This painting created for the Pretty in Pink challenge pushed me into new territory. I had never painted a saltwater fish before, so I began by researching pink species of fish and settled on a red snapper, along with what it eats. Learning that shrimp were part of its diet sparked a playful idea. We enjoy shrimp cocktail as a delicacy, and I started wondering how I could translate that concept into the underwater world without being literal.
While searching for reference images, I came across a nautilus shell and immediately saw the possibility. Turned upward, it could cradle shrimp the way a cocktail glass might, creating a visual joke that felt clever rather than staged. That moment shaped the entire piece. I let myself have fun with the environment too. The corals are built with mixed media and three-dimensional textures, along with flexible acrylic skins layered across the surface. In the end, this became a playful exchange between human traditions and the natural world. A shrimp cocktail for us becomes a shrimp cocktail for a red snapper. That sense of humor is what led to the title, Would You Like Cocktail Sauce With That?“
Inquiries: Visit HL Wirtner: https://www.hlwirtner.com
Resilience and Cherry Blossoms
Bret Schwalb
- Medium: Copper wire, acrylic, and shattered glass
- Price: $1,400.00 (Available for purchase)
- Note: Available mounted in a shadow box upon request.
Artist’s Note
“In this work, I explore how failure, though painful, is the foundation for a new story. The jagged edges of shattered glass from a fallen picture frame support a copper wire and acrylic Cherry tree in full bloom. It is a visual reminder that even when we fail, we can find a way to take root in the brokenness and bloom again.”
Inquiries: bret@5pebblesllc.com youtube.com/@bretschwalbstudio
Pretty Pink Pebbles
Rachael Kerr
- Medium: Mixed media (watercolor paint, ink, and stencils)
- Availability: Contact Artist for information on Original
- Price: Prints $25 each
Artist’s Note
“River rocks and pebbles have always been calming and meditative to me. I love watching as water flows over them, picking out patterns, seeing how time has smoothed them. This is a mixed media piece of watercolor paint, ink, and stencils. Inspiration of this art piece was from YouTube videos by Krista Roberts.”
Inquiries: DM @rkerr_artist on Instagram or visit: https://www.rkerrart.com
Annie’s Girl
Amy Keever
- Medium: Mosaic (Over 11,000 pieces of hand-cut stained glass and Italian smalti)
- Price: $20,000 (Available for purchase; currently featured in gallery exhibition)
Artist’s Note
“This piece was inspired my late mother and a dream I had after her passing. She came to me in pink, a color she never wore, but I loved pink and I had watched her deal with a terrible journey of vascular dementia. The dream was such a healing experience for me as she was young and happy and I felt like the fact she was dressed in pink she was communicating and relating to me through pink—her last words in the dream were ‘Remember, I’m just on the other side!’ Now pink is almost always in every piece I create, as it feels like she’s creating with me.”
Inquiries: Email: amy@amykeever.com | Website: https://www.amykeever.com/
Self Portrait 2025
Michael Strangelove | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Medium: Acrylic on wood panel
- Availability: Not For Sale
Artist’s Note
“Painted for my 63rd birthday party. My friends say it is not a great likeness because I am much happier than portrayed… To execute the painting, I uploaded a selfie and asked ChatGPT to render it in a pop art style. I then used that AI output as the foundation for my own rendering.”
Inquiries: Visit studioyow.ca
Reinvent Yourself Daily
Lisa Graff | Rusty Boat Studio | USA Pacific Northwest
- Medium: Mixed Media Collage on Canvas
- Dimensions: 16 x 16 x 1.5 in.
- Price: $400 (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
‘Reinvent Yourself Daily’ originated from a collaborative challenge from the artists Rafi and Klee ‘Pretty in Pink’. I added great inspirations from Rafi and Klee throughout the artwork, including the title. The woman on the scooter, found in a vintage magazine gave the art the vibe that matched the art challenge! You Meet the Nicest People’ is from a vintage magazine…and we do meet the nicest people and YOU are one of them!
Inquiries: Web: https://www.rustyboatstudio.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rustyboatstudio/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RustyBoatStudio
Fashion
Adam Kuder
- Medium: Mixed media collage (Vintage catalog image and paint)
- Format: Canvas panel
- Dimensions: 12 x 12 in.
- Availability: Available for purchase
Artist’s Note
“This piece was created as part of an ongoing series of mixed media collages in a 12 x 12 inch format. A vintage image from a sewing pattern catalog and paint on a canvas panel.”
Inquiries: Visit Adam Kuder at: https://www.k67sculpture.com
Eternal Hearth
Klee Angelie Jewelry
- Medium: Rose gold filled setting with flame-cut pink orange labradorite
- Price: $189 (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
“‘Eternal Hearth’ serves as a quiet reminder of your own inner strength and the warmth you carry with you. A piece designed to be worn close to the heart, shining with a light that is always and forever yours. Featuring an other-worldly flame-cut pink orange labradorite, this pendant is a celebration of warmth and light. Instead of working in contrasting colors, I leaned into the warmth of the stone with a rose gold filled setting that enhances the rare pink-orange flash it displays in its dynamic light play—that shifts and dances as you move. The flame cut shape of the stone doesn’t shout, but whispers ‘Eternal Hearth’—a kind of slow-burn fire and passion that is as beautiful and rare as the stone itself.”
Inquiries: Visit: https://www.RafiandKlee.com
Fruits of Insomnia Robin (Raven) Demerath | Wisconsin, USA
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions: 16 x 20 in.
- Price: $80 (Plus shipping and handling)
- Note: Varnish will be applied before shipping to protect from pollutants and provide UV filtering to ensure longevity.
Artist’s Note
Fruits of Insomnia’ was an outlet piece created to help occupy my time and ease my restlessness during an excess night of insomnia. The inspiration was a pomegranate on my nightstand.”
Inquiries: Message via Facebook at Humble Homestead: https://www.facebook.com/humblehomesteadwi
Pink, Pink… You Stink
Sara Neville
- Price: $100 (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
“An exercise in Surreal Psychic Automatism. ‘The dictation of thought without conscious control or aesthetic/moral concern… this technique allowed artists to bypass reason and tap into the unconscious mind.’ — André Breton.”
Inquiries: Visit Sara Neville Rogue Art: https://www.saranevillerogueart.com
Tea for One
Ashley Hastings
- Medium: Acrylic on cradled panel
- Dimensions: 12 x 12 in.
- Price: $145 CAN (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
“This painting reflects a simple tea moment in mostly pink tones. A teapot and teacup rest on a patterned tablecloth, celebrating femininity in a gentle, everyday way. Tea time is shown as a small act of self-care… a pause to slow down, feel comfortable and enjoy something familiar. The soft colors and calm setting focus on warmth, ease, and taking time for yourself.”
Inquiries: Web: https://www.ashleyhastingsart.com
Goblet of The Pink Lady
Tyler Butler
- Medium: Oil on canvas paper
- Dimensions: 9 x 12 in.
- Price: $15 (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
“This piece was created as the first in a series of paintings based around famous drinks. This monochrome painting only uses quinacridone magenta with black and white for shades and tints.”
Inquiries: Reach out via Instagram @tylerbutlerart
Untamed Inner Flight
Rafi Perez
- Medium: Mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions: 18 x 24 in.
- Price: $295.00 (Available for purchase)
Artist’s Note
“For me, this painting is about the wildness we all carry inside. It’s the part of us that refuses to be quieted or made to fit into a neat little box. I wanted to depict a figure that isn’t just ‘pretty’ or ‘ethereal,’ but one that commands the space she inhabits. The wings here aren’t a sign of fragility, they are a symbol of a spirit that cannot be caged. By pairing a grounded, powerful stance with a background that feels like an explosion of internal energy, I’m exploring the moment someone decides to stop apologizing for their own power. This is about that fierce, internal freedom that comes when you finally let your truest self out into the light.”
Inquiries: Purchase art by Rafi at: https://rafiandklee.com/product-category/all-creations/rafi-art/
Pink Horse
Michael Strangelove
- Medium: Acrylic (Series: Reimagining the Classics)
- Availability: Not for sale (Copyright restrictions)
Artist’s Note
“Since first seeing the original version of this painting, Dark Horse by Alex Colville, on the cover of one of my favorite albums by Bruce Cockburn (Night Vision, 1973), I have been enamored with Colville’s work. Colville’s Dark Horse represents the past meeting the present, modernity’s (the train) violent destruction of nature and the rural past (the horse). I will leave it to the viewer to decide what meanings come from my ‘queering’ or ‘pinking’ of the main actors, train and horse, in the painting.”
Inquiries: strangelove.com or studioyow.ca
A Prayer for Peace
Robin (Raven) Demerath | Wisconsin, USA
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions: 20 x 29 in.
- Price: $125 (Plus shipping and handling)
- Note: Varnish will be applied before shipping to protect from pollutants and provide UV filtering to ensure longevity.
Artist’s Note
“A prayer for peace is a work that I hope speaks for itself. The goal was to inspire the viewer to feel the serenity of the subject as well as the peaceful vibe she is projecting out into the world at large. ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world.'”
Inquiries: Message via Facebook at Humble Homestead: https://www.facebook.com/humblehomesteadwi
Not Being Different, Just Being (Me)
Chris Shopland
- Medium: Acrylic and pen on deep-edge canvas
- Dimensions: 14.8 × 20.8 cm (3.9 cm depth)
- Price: £150 (Plus postage)
Artist’s Note
Many people feel free to make snide remarks about anyone who looks or lives differently—especially around how people dress or present themselves. Ideas of what a man or woman ‘should’ be still dominate, and for trans or non-binary people the internet can be especially cruel.
I’m a straight, white, cis male, but also neurodivergent, and I believe anyone—especially those who are part of a minority—should be free to be who they are and present themselves without judgement. I may have subconsciously been thinking of Billy Elliot, particularly the scene where his friend wears dresses and makeup and later appears confident and unapologetically himself. An image flashed into my head of a bearded hipster in a tutu. Flamingos—naturally pink—followed, along with memories of an LGBTQ+ club called Flamingos. It all spilled out into this image. While difference isn’t always visible on the surface, this felt like a playful, energetic way of showing someone standing on their own two feet and dancing to their own beat.”
Inquiries: Purchase via the artist’s store: https://www.cjshopland.com/store/p/not-being-different-just-being-me-original
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I agree! Very inspiring and fun show
I’m just here to say “Bravo!!!” to everyone and the work you submitted! What a great show!