About

Reb Haizlip

Reb is an architect and self-taught painter. He is the founder of Haizlip Studio, a national architecture and design practice focused on cultural, educational and civic projects. He was elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in 2016.

Possessed of a lifelong passion for drawing and design, Reb took up painting with pastels and acrylics about fifteen years ago. He shows in his adopted hometown of Asheville, NC.

His work draws inspiration mostly from the natural world and his garden, and is strongly influenced by the American abstract expressionist movement. And, since most everyone asks, he is nicknamed for his grandmother, Rebecca.