Rainville Studio is a queer trans non-binary creative force that frequently consists of Sam and Ren Rainville.
A mixture of structure, design, aesthetics and composition is the backbone of their art. Rainville Studio exists to help people feel playful again, find joy in the day-to-day and to share trans joy with the community. The MORE LOVE concept has been iterated since 2015 between the creative partnership.
Hi! I’m Sam Michelle Rainville of Rainville Studio.
2025 changed my life after having a seizure in December. It has catalyzed my need to create into a constant push to vibrantly live.
I am brightly colored and layered which comes out in my art. I utilize multiple mediums to somatically express myself. I fill my works with texture, with bits of written and drawn detail, and some obscuration. My brightly colored assemblage evoke emotions, nostalgia, and self inspection.
My pieces illicit conversation starting, feeling, and play. I am moving towards larger works, teaching, and a public art practice as I seek to impact more people and help them connect to themselves and the world and community around them. I seek to remind others that we are most vibrant together. I interpret the human stories around me through my sensorial art. My goal is for us both to feel rather than be numb.
Current Mediums: Public Art, street art, 228s, wheatpaste, stickers, creative workshops, graphic design, painting, sculpture, and gelli printing.
I am a non-binary transgender, queer, parent, partner, artist, poet, educator, maker, and woodworker. Having PTSD and doing impactful mental health work for it, drives me to help de-stigmatize it. My diverse and adverse life experiences led to self evolution, reparenting while parenting in a “unprecedented time”, and adapting to life with with chronic pain. I consider myself emerging; yet, I am a lifetime teacher, maker, and creative. I am authentic and direct.
I feel connection to others helps us process life’s grieving, joyful, mundane, or intense moments. I enjoy facilitating discussion and emotional connection, then integrating big feelings into writing, graphics, sculptures, or complex layering works.
Influences: grief, shared stories, chronic pain, aging, movement, typography, bright colors, murals, Japanese woodcuts, and art journaling.
Ren Rainville
A creative professional interested in making an impact beyond their day job, Ren is a creative force to behold. They seek to help others in questioning the status quo and normativity.