Reiss aims to bring people together with her work. She is determined to create spaces where people feel safe and can imagine a world that is beautiful and gentle. The artist has said:

“I want people to feel good when they’re looking at my work, to simply have a nice emotional response. Mural painting has a real function in a community. It beautifies neighborhoods, shares stories, encourages people to interact and gather, helps people slow down their busy lives. Murals reach a large demographic because they’re accessible and free to everybody. The public has a right to beautiful things.”

Bunnie Reiss Returns to Buffalo

Reiss's return to Buffalo in 2022 has also seen her working with Mirabo Press, a printmaking studio founded by Bob Fleming, Rachel Shelton, and Mizin Shin that offers hand-crafted, limited edition printmaking. Reiss is collaborating with Mirabo to produce a suite of multi-layer screenprints based on her collages of vintage Buffalo ephemera—scraps of paintings, wallpaper samples, and other collected items—bringing her uniquely West Coast sensibility to the Rust Belt.

About Bunnie Reiss

Weaving together whimsical and fantastical narratives, Bunnie Reiss is a natural storyteller seeking to create work inspired by and filled with magic, imagination, and a love of nature. Reiss spent much of her career in the Bay Area before recently moving to Los Angeles. Since relocating, Reiss has inaugurated more than 14 mural projects in the area. “Painting murals is my favorite thing to do,” says the artist.