Savannah (Savvy) Ralph is a visual artist, educator, and writer native to Greenville, South Carolina. Ralph’s artwork depicts her lived experiences, mental illness, and identity. She uses expressive brushstrokes, symbolism, and a colorful palette to create underlying messages throughout her art.

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“Where Ruin Turns to Bloom” — finally finished this watercolor/colored pencil piece the other night. This piece is one of the rare instances where I actually wrote the poem first and then created the painting 😌 this poem and painting uses the idea of an inner garden to represent self love and interpersonal relationships. Sometimes, we find someone who can tend to our gardens, and sometimes we encounter the people who trample over them. It’s representative of general growth and healing as well as my own life experience 🌸 #art #savvyart #watercolor #painting #coloredpencil #gvlarts #gvlartists #artcentergvl

#inktober day 31: award. FINALLY it is complete! This year’s Inktober was a practice in finding the time to do a sketch every single day and not caring how they look 😆 definitely a good lesson in overcoming perfectionism. I think I’ll always do my Inktobers in pen now. Happy Halloween! #inktoberday31 #art #savvyart #drawing

#inktober day 30: vacant. If I wasn’t supposed to draw cats for every prompt, why is everything so relatable to cats? 🐈&zwj;⬛ #art #inktoberday30 #drawing #blep #vacant #savvyart

#inktober day 30: vacant. If I wasn’t supposed to draw cats for every prompt, why is everything so relatable to cats? 🐈‍⬛ #art #inktoberday30 #drawing #blep #vacant #savvyart

#inktober day 29: lesson. I haven’t had much time to draw the last few Inktobers but as long as I just keep pushing them out, that’s all that matters to me 😆 #art #savvyart #inktoberday29 #drawing

#inktober day 29: skeletal. Almost missed today’s Inktober! My power went out all night so it disrupted my routine. Thankfully my power is back on and I still had some time left of today (kinda) 😝 #art #savvyart #pendrawing #drawing @inktober #inktoberday29

#inktober day 27: onion 🧅 Ogres are like onions….. #shrek #onion #inktoberday27 #drawing @inktober #pendrawing #art #savvyart

#inktober day 26: puzzling 🧩❤️ #art #savvyart #inktoberday26 #drawing

#inktober day 25: inferno 🔥🔥 I drew the pumpkin king himself! #art #savvyart #drawing #inktoberday25 #nightmarebeforechristmas

Thursday was the launch of our book, All Roads Lead to Art and Vice Versa! It’s so nice to be part of such an amazing group of artists. Not only that, but my painting An Unraveled Sense of Self sold at the book launch 😍 sad to see it go, but so happy that it’s in the hands of new owners! Thank you @abney.house.art and @artcentergvl for supporting emerging artists! #art #savvyart #gvlartists #brandonfellowship #artcentergvl #painting

#inktober day 24: rowdy 🐱🎉🥳 #art #savvyart #inktoberday24 #drawing

#inktober day 23: firefly. Grave of the Fireflies was a movie I watched once 12 years or so ago and NEVER AGAIN 😭💔 #art #savvyart #studioghibli #drawing #inktoberday23