New Orleans Themes
Local symbols, characters, architecture, folklore, and the playful edge of Louisiana life.
Gulf Coast color • texture • story
Art that feels like a place you remember.
Original paintings and mixed-media work shaped by New Orleans imagery, coastal life, humor, memory, and the strange beauty hiding in everyday scenes.
- Canvas art
- Murals
- Custom pieces
Expressive, handmade, and unmistakably Gulf Coast. Steph works across acrylics and mixed media, moving from atmospheric landscapes and symbolic figures to sea life, New Orleans themes, and sculptural oyster-shell pieces.
Selected work
The Gallery
A growing collection of paintings, wall pieces, coastal studies, narrative scenes, and commissioned environments.
Made for your wall, room, or idea
Custom Pieces
Steph paints, draws, and designs from any idea given. Even when you arrive with only a feeling or a loose concept, she can develop a visual direction and bring it to life.
Murals
Immersive wall paintings for homes, businesses, and one-of-a-kind spaces.
Canvas Art
Personal commissions developed around your story, subject, palette, and space.
Featured mural
“Forest Through the Wall”
Commissioned by Moonshadow Farms in Abita Springs, Louisiana. The room becomes part of the landscape: trunks rise around the windows, the floor meets the painted undergrowth, and the walls open into a deep, luminous forest.
About the artist
Steph Fontenot
Steph Fontenot is a visual artist based on the Gulf Coast, known for her expressive use of color, texture, and atmosphere. Her work spans acrylics and mixed media, often blending natural landscapes with elements of nostalgia, introspection, and surreal detail.
Her portfolio ranges from impressionistic seascapes and moody abstracts to character-driven pieces and symbolic compositions. Each work carries a narrative thread, capturing the feeling of a place, a memory, or a fleeting moment in time.
Whether for personal spaces, curated collections, or collaborative projects, her pieces offer a thoughtful blend of storytelling and style.
The emotional tone of a scene matters as much as its visual form.
Original art & commissions
Have a wall, a story, or a strange little idea?
Tell Steph what you are imagining. Include the subject, approximate size, where the piece will live, and any timing you have in mind.
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