Past two months, the studio has been in full production mode, finalizing the collection for the November 14th Solo Show, "A Kind Soul Is A Cool Soul" downtown Chelsea, NYC. Over 70+ paintings, art prints, paintings on paper, clothing, and merchandise will be featured at the opening and week run. View a collection of process photos taken by the artist, October 2024 at the East Village Private Studio.

July to August 2024, Storm has been actively working in studio on her new collection, "A Kind Soul Is A Cool Soul." With over 30 pieces already completed since May 2024, she's focused on opening a new solo show by the end of the year. A typical day for the artist starts at 5am in her living quarters, entering into the studio space by 6am. Daily, Storm works on stretched and unstretched canvases in rotation, categorizing themes by color and style. Below are various process images shot by the artist of her space from early August.

Since 2020, Storm began tattooing variations of "The Cool People" and "The Cool Cats" for clients at her West Village Private Studio and Storm Ritter Gallery in Meatpacking. As of summer 2024, Storm is offering artist authenticated tattoo designs for clients to purchase for their tattoo artists. Request a quote on the online commission form .

With past work in arts mentorship with Girl Scouts of Greater New York , Storm donated a custom made canvas to their Annual Gala auction. The painting featured the classic girl scout colors with a powerful line-up of The Cool People , evoking friendship and unity. Titled, "The Council of Cool" the piece embodied the essence of their organization. Storm attended the gala, downtown Manhattan, and the painting raised $2500 for their new camp community center upstate New York. The new building and camp location is intended to be accessible to all young girls involved in the Girl Scouts  to build long lasting relationships and confidence. The event was sponsored by Bank of America  and included speakers and panels featuring women in varied workforce exemplifying leadership and persistence.

March 2021, the hair salon, Gemini 14 , commissioned the artist to paint a custom two-sided sidewalk sign for their location on 14th Street in the East Village. The design was requested to compliment a pink neon sign of the phrase, "Free As My Hair. " The wooden sign was stripped, primed, and painted with exterior latex paint with a matte varnish. To order custom artwork, submit an inquiry on the onl ine Commission Form .

From 2014 to 2023, the artist resided at her West Village home studio on Bleecker and Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. This space is where her journey w ith The Cool People tr uly began. As she was developing her ambidextrous style of painting, the figures started to form with the right hand providing structure, and left, emotion. With repetition and time, they became her most iconic visual. Read More About The Cool People . Introducing The Cool People: 2016 at the West Village home studio and Storm Ritter Studio Process Video Compilation: 2014 to 2018 at the West Village home studio and Storm Ritter Studio Process: "EMIT TIME" One of Storm's most valued concept is the phrase, Emit Time . When Storm was practicing her ambidextrous techniques, she primarily focused on the words. In her practice to strengthen ambidextrous techniques, she began writing and painting those words backwards and forwards simultaneously. Emit is Time spelled backwards, ergo, to emit time  means to make time  by utilizing the duality and magic within ourselves.   Individual Process Videos One of Storm's most valued concept is the phrase, Emit Time . When Storm was practicing her ambidextrous techniques, she primarily focused on the words. In her practice to strengthen ambidextrous techniques, she began writing and painting those words backwards and forwards simultaneously. Emit is Time spelled backwards, ergo, to emit time  means to make time  by utilizing the duality and magic within ourselves.

A selection of Storm's collection was showcased at Ideal Glass  in the East Village during Fashion Week. Models were dressed head to toe in Storm Ritter Studio, allowing the viewers to purchase and order the garments afterwards at Storm Ritter Studio .

After the exhibition opening of " Realm of The Cool People " with G23NY at 38 Little West 12th Street in Meatpacking, NYC, multiple events were launched by the artist. The gallery space showcased Storm's collection as well as a collection by Marcelle Murdock of Morrison Hotel Gallery October 20th. Marcelle's photo realistic work featured a portrait of Storm Ritter, unifying the event. Storm took over the space as a full solo exhibition adding original textile and painted apparel, art prints, and jewelry into December 2021. Meet & Greet Event October 17th 2021, the Meet & Greet artist event was held, featuring the full collection and live music by Strange Majik, wearing original Storm Ritter apparel. Additional art was added to the gallery, creating a strong retail environment along with the showcase. Press Interview November 2021, G23NY filmed an artist interview for their website, focusing on Storm's collection and inspiration for her current and upcoming work. Closing Reception After transforming the gallery into a solo exhibtion, from October 20th to early Decemeber 2021, Storm was consistently present in the gallery space, operatingg sales daily. During her residency, she was visited by Rob Affuso of Skid Row and other new arts collectors in the Village. The closing reception was held with the remaider of the collection on display, focusing on retail and small art sales.

November to December 2021, curated by Pollinate and NFT Magazine , Storm participated in the NYC Cypto Art Fair in Times Square and Miami Art Week during Art Basel . Two original paintings, " The Jungian Jungle"  and " The Empress"  were minted as exclusive digital NFT tokens. They were viewed through augmented reality, featuring Storm's NFT tokens in the middle of Time Square, visible through an iPhone camera. With her painting " The Sator Sea " featured in Forbes , this was Storm's first experience connecting to a new audience in a digital marketing. Forbes Article: "New York City is one of the art capitals of the world, and experiencing it firsthand has just gotten easier than ever. For the next several days, you can view and interact with the works of some of the city’s trendiest street artists and painters—not in a traditional museum or gallery, or even on the side of a building, but rather in the heart of Times Square and Manhattan’s Meatpacking District—simply by looking at your cellphone screen. Crypto Art Fair, an art activation hosted in conjunction with NFT.NYC , the world’s largest Non‑Fungible Token conference, has taken the work of 20 local artists and turned them into three-dimensional, augmented reality-enabled NFTs, which will be available for NFT.NYC attendees and the general public to view, interact with, and even purchase." Featured by Coinbase Miami Art Week 2021 Storm participated in the Miami Art Week Digital Exhibition represented by Pollinate,  in December of 2021. Two original paintings, Aquarius Moon  and The Devil , were exclusively minted digital spinning NFT tokens, visible through augmented reality through the iPhone and showcased screens at the exhibition.  Additional a rtwork was minted on Kollect.me , Foundation , and OpenSea online. The majority of the NFTs were individually handled by Storm and in collaboration with Pollinate . Examples of past NFT fine art below.

March 2022, Pollinate asked the artist to join the augmented reality NFT exhibition #MakeUsVisible downtown Manhattan. Based on her reoccurring design called, Solar Symphony , Storm worked with a digital designer in combining her paintings into a virtual moving sculpture. The piece was viewable on an iPhone pinned on Google Maps at a specific location in the West Village and minted online for sale. The art series' mission was to " help audiences envision cityscapes that monumentalize the contributions of individuals who represent a diverse group of voices." "Solar Symphony" Virtual Sculpture NFT NFT DESIGN FROM PAINTING The original paintings for the front and back of the sculpture were the taken from detail images from the "Age of The Cool People" 60-foot building mural. With The Cool People intertwined with the face of the sun on the front and the head with a star on the back. EVOLUTION Merchandise & Fine Art The popularity of the design inspired a merchandise t-shirt and art print, followed by a brass artisan pendant and a supplementary canvas, "The Sun (XIX)" all in her "Cirque of The Cool People" solo show collection of 2023. "Solar Symphony" T-Shirt "Solar Symphony" Art Print "The Sun, XIX (Solar Symphony)" Canvas Painting "Solar Symphony of The Cool People" Pendant

Since the creation of her murals in downtown Dunedin, Storm is consistently commissioned to paint small murals of The Cool People on local house exteriors. The artist's family resides in Dunedin, a beach-oriented tourist town on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico with a flair for creative businesses and unique homes. Tour groups focus on murals and painted homes, and locals love to collect art on their houses. When Storm visits for sabbatical  studio time, she is availabe for interior and exterior custom work. Around the Tampa Bay area, from St. Petersburg to Clearwater Beach, Storm has been commissioned for work of "The Cool People" by fans of her work downtown. If you are interested in booking, please submit an inquiry, here . Examples of Past Work The Flower People, The Cool People Classic, & The Cool Cats

In June 2024, Storm was commissioned to paint her iconic wallpaper mural of The Cool People in rainbow colors for the new vintage store on 141 Nassau Ave in Brooklyn, New York. Covering the trim, double doors and fuse box, the 10-foot wall successfully transformed into a optical illusion, accenting the white and gold space. If you are interested in commissioning a mural in this design, please submit an inquiry on the online form . Before & After Artist Chinchilla performed lived in front of the new mural for the vintage store opening in June 2024.

Fall of 2022, King David Glass & Mirrors collaborated with Storm in refurbishing and painting mirror frames for clients and gallery sales. At the 807 Washington Street storefront in 2022, the artist used the Storm Ritter Gallery space as a public studio, working on the mirrors during gallery viewing hours, giving visitors an immersive creative experience. MIRROR WOOD FRAME PAINTED WOOD MIRROR FRAME PAINTED PLASTER MIRROR FRAME PAINTED MIRROR FRAME "Zodiac Rising" PAINTED LEATHER & METAL MIRROR FRAMES

May 4th 2023, Gallery 23 NY partnered with Your Part Foundation to raise funds for Ukraine at their gallery at 821 Washington Street. With Storm working with G23NY with her Storm Ritter Gallery residency, she was a support in the group gallery exhibition execution. She was active in the set up for the showcase and apart of the team for marketing. Storm painted the piece, " Where Do The Children Play " for the art auction donation at the G23NY . The piece was auctioned off and the winner paid for the piece and gifted it back to the artist to sell again, becoming an art patron/collector with other work later that year. At Storm Ritter Gallery

Spring of 2023, Up Magazine commissioned the artist to design their 2025 cover for their print fashion edition. The original painti ng on wood, " Vogue of The Cool People " was created and sold at Storm Ritter Gallery at 807 Washington Street, NYC. This style and composition has become a series in Storm's commissions, followed by a piece for Girl Scouts of Greater New York , " Council of The Cool People " and 2024's " The Cool People in Ultra Violet . "