Working primarily in oil, Ashley builds layered surfaces that balance softness with tension. Her paintings often focus on moments where perception falters or shifts: eyes obscured, figures interrupted by organic forms, or gestures that suggest transformation and loss. These visual disruptions invite viewers into a more interior space - one where meaning is felt before it is explained.

Influenced by both classical portraiture and contemporary psychological realism, she approaches each painting as an open exploration rather than a fixed narrative. The work leaves room for ambiguity, allowing viewers to project their own memories, emotions and associations into the image.

Ashley studied fine arts at Adelphi University in NY as well as the Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy where she studied anatomy and the figure under Audrey Flack, one of the first Photorealist painters whose work was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for its permanent collection.

Ashley lives and works in Connecticut, where she is developing a body of paintings examing the feminine archetype and the fragile boundary between identity, memory and the fleeting nature of perception.