Brave Collaborative Custom Mural Company specializes in the art of co-creation. Artist and owner Breana Field considers each mural a physical representation of a successful conversation, the true dying art. Without aid of digital design, Breana brings to life the creative dreams of her clients through the conversational exploration of collective ideas. Her work is in homes, businesses and public spaces in fourteen states and multiple countries,

Breana Field is a native of Vienna, Virginia who has lived and traveled all over the United States and abroad, but now calls Charlottesville, Virginia home. She has loved painting since she was a child, painted her first mural at eighteen, and several in her early twenties.  After completing a BFA at Virginia Commonwealth University, her woodworking focused degree found her employed in cabinet and furniture production, and teaching woodshop classes. But she longed to travel. A cross country move west landed her by chance in winemaking, which took her chasing the harvest season for ten years, working in wine cellars in Oregon, Washington, Virginia, California, New Zealand, Australia, and France. In between winemaking seasons she chased boats, which took her from Lake Powell, Utah to Alaska to Fiji to the Faroe Islands and out onto the open seas to complete an Atlantic Ocean crossing on a small sailing team. Mixed in was plenty of solo travel, some long distance solo motorcycle trips, yoga training, boat making, camping, cooking, hiking, backpacking, some volunteer projects and the occasional painting gig. She has been to nearly 40 countries so far and considers that her greatest achievement.

A delightful twist of fate in 2020 refocused her on painting once again. A friend with a new home asked her for a mural while she was on a cross country journey, after which she received overwhelming positive support on social media and humbling quantities of inquiries from potential new clients. Thus, her company was born in early 2021, because she says ‘yes’ even when unsure she can do it, and listens to the direction the world is pushing her in. She would say she hopes to never have to get a real job ever again, but she isn't sure she's ever had one.

Keeping life simple and prioritizing travel and outdoor adventures is Breana’s forever work life balance pursuit, and the gift of self employment as an artist has brought a pure and joyful freedom to her life. She dislikes how technology is placing our instant gratification culture on traditional arts and she does not digitally design. She believes commissioned paintings should still be a brave journey into unknown adventure, guided by collaborative conversation between client and artist. She creates art from conversations, and she would be thrilled, and grateful, to start a new collaborative adventure in your home or business with you, should you feel up for an exciting chat.