Meet Aimee Schreiber, Featured Artist for A Sherlock Carol

/Gallery/Meet Aimee Schreiber, Featured Artist for A Sherlock Carol

An Artist Reception to welcome Aimee Schreiber to Harlequin will take place on December 4 from 5:30-6:30pm in the State Theater Lobby. All are welcome!

About the Artist

Aimee Schreiber is an artist, poet, and gallery director of The Copper Wolf in Tumwater, Washington where she creates symbolic paintings of moths to explore the ineffable. She works with open acrylics and gold leaf to create meditations on transformation, impermanence, and connection rooted in the visual language of nature and medieval iconography. Her paintings are held in public and private collections across the globe.

Convergence (atlas moth), 2025, acrylic and 23K gold leaf on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. Featuring an Atlas moth with a gold leaf halo hovering against split gill mushrooms, Convergence explores interconnection and union. Echoing the mythic Atlas and nature’s hidden harmony, it reflects the point where seemingly unrelated forms meet, resonate, and transform—celebrating the moment difference gives way to shared frequency.

Artist Statement: Mystery

I paint moths to pay attention and embrace mystery. There are many worlds that exist unnoticed, and my work with moths explores this liminal space between the seen and unseen. Drawn to their intricate patterns, otherworldly colors, and evocative symbolism, I often elevate my small subjects with gold halos and dramatic scale to invite viewers into the hidden realms both outside and within themselves. 

Moths have become teachers and mirrors that allow me to approach some of life’s most baffling difficulties: impermanence, vulnerability and the unknown. Examining these themes through the lens of creatures that display dramatic transformation so gracefully enables me to see further into the energy of hope, intuition, and connection needed during times of change and upheaval. 

Drawing inspiration from both nature and mystical traditions, I pair moths with local plant life and devotional imagery like halos because they are symbols designed to make the sacred visible. I have created eight moth painting collections within this larger series over the last five years, each using different background elements and moth characteristics to explore a different theme. I hope to create portals into the overlooked wonders and bewildering beauty that surrounds us while dispelling fear, celebrating curiosity, and discovering the connective threads that unite us with reality and each other. 

Contact Aimee at The Copper Wolf Art Gallery or on Instagram at @aimeeschreiber

Into the All (western tent moth), 2026, acrylic and gold leaf on aluminum, 24 x 20 inches. Part of my 11-piece Nature/Nurture collection of moths and fruit, this painting features a western tent moth with pears, which are a host plant for the caterpillars. I included many agricultural ‘pest’ moths in this collection because I was intrigued by our common appetites and believe these points of connection with the natural world are a crucial antidote to isolation and precursor to empathy.