Bri Derfiny is an artist and designer living in the Metro-Detroit area. She loves the outdoors and gains much of her inspiration from spending time in nature with good friends, food, and conversation. Bri’s studio work could easily be described as a monochromatic environment of graphite and ink. However, her current design practice, as demonstrated below, incorporates a whimsical approach with extensive use of color. For Bri, drawing has always been about realism and the ability to imitate nature. However, she has realized that there is something exciting about going beyond what she initially believed drawing to be. To expand upon her foundational knowledge and create works that achieve simplicity in their abstraction and obscurity.