AmyLyn Bihrle DreamCatching Art
Artist Biography
AmyLyn Bihrle is a multidisciplinary New York artist whose work bridges fine art tradition with imaginative storytelling. Her portfolio includes equine portraiture, ceremonial mixed media heirlooms, whimsical character worlds, wildlife studies, and entire mythologies shaped by hand. Every piece reflects the unplugged craft she learned long before digital tools existed, sketchbook in one hand and a camera in the other, paint marking every jacket and jean. That handcrafted beginning remains the foundation of her work today.
Best known for her expressive horses with sweeping, exaggerated manes and tails, her paintings are guided by the spirit of the horse and the quiet, soul deep way they move through a life. Her collections may vary in technique and mood, from DreamWalker Horses and Majestic Mustangs to Winter Wonders, Wildlife, Tiny Adventures, and her many lore built realms, yet they all share the same heartbeat. Intuition, narrative, and wonder shape everything she creates.
Her versatility is the architecture of her world. Each collection opens a doorway into a different facet of her imagination, expanding the universe she continues to build one brushstroke at a time. Whether you enter through a ceremonial heirloom, a wild eyed stallion, a handcrafted sculpture, or a whimsical creature on the page, you always know you are in her world.
A few photos I have taken on walks.
A Note from the Artist
Hello to you all, including my fellow WildFlowers.
Thank you for supporting this journey and exploring all the sides of my creative world with me. The font used here is my small attempt at keeping cursive alive in this ever changing world. Even though it is a script font, the heart of it is handwritten.
Since I live in the foothills of the Adirondacks in New York, I am surrounded by blooms and butterflies rather than buildings and buses. I cherish living where the night skies spill with falling stars and fireflies drift like tiny lanterns. Wildlife wanders through my yard and wildflowers bloom around me in every direction. My cats keep me company as the seasons shift, following bird shadows across the room and curling beside me as I work. The landscape around me feeds my imagination every day.
I am always trying to keep up with the endless creative ideas that swirl through my mind. I am forever experimenting, learning, and trying new things. I call myself a collector of everythings because curiosity insists on tagging along everywhere I go. I still want to try colored pencils and pastels and an entire list of other mediums that tempt me. I tinker with learning other languages. I play the piano when I can. I recently added the wild notion of learning the guitar. Life feels fuller when I continue to explore.
My art moves in many directions because each path expresses a different part of my story and imagination. Some days I am drawn to the presence of a horse in a legacy piece. Other days I follow childhood memories into whimsy, folklore, wildlife, or the small magical corners of the world that continue to spark my curiosity.
All these styles live together in my mind and my heart and in my studio, forming a larger world that lets me tell different stories through different voices. Whether I am painting a wild mustang, creating an heirloom piece, capturing wildlife, or letting a rabbit greet a firefly, my intention remains steady. I want to create something that connects or comforts or awakens a sense of wonder.
I am grateful you are here.
AmyLyn Bihrle
" Whether I am painting the spirit of a horse or the gentle flicker of a firefly, I try to capture what it leaves on the human heart—fleeting like a falling star, lasting as a cherished memory.”
