Katy Becker (b 1991) is a Richmond based artist who received her BFA in 2013 from Virginia Commonwealth University's Painting and Printmaking department. Her work is inspired and informed by landscape, environment, and story. Since her time in school, Becker's work has shifted from printmaking abstracted, atmospheric monotypes to detailed and realistic watercolor landscapes, most of which are directly inspired by the routine walks she takes in the city. A wife and mother, she spends her days homemaking and homeschooling her four children whilst stealing away small pockets of time to paint. Becker divides studio time between her ongoing project of painting the alleys of Richmond and taking on commissions from various clients. She enjoys spending time with her husband and children, baking, gardening, entertaining friends and keeping the house plants from dying.