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About Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist
Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist (@stefaniebalesfineart) is an Artist creator on Instagram. The account has 10,618 followers and 2,696 published posts. Recent posts average 135 likes and 23 comments, an engagement rate of 1.41%.
With 10.6K followers, Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist follows 3,730 accounts, so the audience is roughly 2.8 times the size of the list followed. Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist under a single category, Artist.
The Instagram bio for Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist runs to 24 words across 5 lines. The bio mentions @sohohouse and @6ftfashion. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist dates from May 2026.
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2,696 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist, 7 are carousels and 3 are videos. That mix leans toward carousels. With 2,696 posts published, Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark. Against the audience, that is roughly 3.9 followers for each post published. Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist also keeps 53 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 141 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include mural, painting, work, ojai and it’s. The captions tag #stefaniebalesfineart, #sbfamurals, #cloudpainting, #artforinteriors and #sbfastyle.
A painting that feels like opening a window:
Room with a View
30” x 40”
as part of my Vast Spaces collection
Available at the SBFA Gallery or online at
#stefaniebalesfineart #cloudpainting #artforinteriors
#sbfastyle #sbfaxgusto
A bouquet of florals and pixies, painted for Forage Ojai and Pixies General Store, but really, painted for Ojai itself 🌱
The mural serves as both a visual representation of the businesses that commissioned it and a reflection of the spirit of the valley. Both elements speak to the region’s natural beauty, rich agricultural landscape, and community identity.
This one was a long time coming. Talks began back in September 2025, design was locked in by December, and what followed was a four-month juried approval process through the and its Public Art Commission — including an in-person review at the mural site.
I’ll be honest: I went into this naively thinking I’d be on-site painting by January, but experiencing the level of care, conversation, and consideration that goes into shaping the community visually made the entire experience even more meaningful and rewarding.
The amount of positive feedback and encouragement I received from the community while painting the mural last week was genuinely overwhelming in the best of ways.
Thank you, Ojai - it’s been such an honor to leave my mark on your already beautiful city, and I’m counting down the days until my return🍊
#stefaniebalesfineart #OjaiCA VisitOjai MuralArtist
P.S. an extra thanks to for accompanying me for the first couple of days and to for connecting me with the most wonderful new clients!
I returned this afternoon for a brow threading and a facial with dermaplaning (it was my first time trying this and I am already obsessed).
As much as I love living in maximalism creatively, I’ve realized the greatest luxury in my personal routine is simplicity, and great skin is the foundation of our personal canvas.
I’m grateful for the women at Brazilia who I’ve trusted for years and who appreciate my high maintenance about being low-maintenance.
If you’re interested in a little glow up yourself, new customers can use code BALES20 for 20% ✨
#sbfalovessd #braziliaskincare #westfieldutc #sandiegoskincare #bestofsandiego
If you haven’t stopped in lately, the gallery got a facelift- it was deep cleaned, re-curated, and reoriented to make space for new work and new energy, and highlights moments from each of my most recent collections.
Big thanks to for capturing my happy place in all its glory.
Come visit me soon! and/or schedule a complimentary small group champagne reception- I have a few openings left this summer ✨
#stefaniebalesfineart #sbfagallery #sandiegoartgallery #smallspacedesign #hiddensandiego
This awards celebrates and elevates women artists at a time when women remain dramatically underrepresented in galleries, museum collections, and major art awards worldwide.
As someone who has built much of SBFA’s identity around championing women in the arts, creative entrepreneurship, and community, it feels incredibly special to have my work included among such an extraordinary group of contemporary female artists around the world.
Thank you to the Women United Art Movement and jury for the feature and recognition- and to my muses featured in this collection!
Swipe to see works from my SHE collection featured in the spread! ✨
*photography credit:
#stefaniebalesfineart #womenunited_art_movement #artprize #womeninthearts #artshesays
This piece was a bit of a departure for me, which is one of the reasons I love commissioned work. It invites me to experiment, explore, and expand my process and materiality in new ways.
My self-proclaimed “night owl” client envisioned a richly textured, gem-toned abstract landscape with silver accents — something that referenced both nighttime and light.
I layered multiple silver tones throughout the piece: a warm luminous silver alongside a deeper pewter tone, allowing them to interact with the shifting colors and values across the canvas.
After I delivered if this afternoon, my client texted me: “It’s so beautiful, I can’t stop looking at it!”
There’s something SO special about being trusted with someone’s vision and creating something that resonates even more deeply than they imagined.
#stefaniebalesfineart #sandiegoartist #abstractpainting #commissionpainting
P.S. these photos definitely don’t do this piece justice. There’s no way to capture the complex textures and color layers- so just know it’s 100x more luminous and dynamic in person 😘
Please check out her art portfolio.
#mural #florist
I’m 2 days (and 21 hours 🫠) in.
Here’s a sneak peek💐
#stefaniebalesfineart #sbfamurals #muralpainting #ojai #ojaiart
As artists, we’re taught to pick a lane- but one of my greatest strengths as an artist has always been my range, across projects, mediums, approaches, and techniques.
This fall, I wasn’t working on a body of work. I was working across many.
Five commissioned projects.
Five mediums.
Five vastly different scales.
All unfolding simultaneously inside the studio.
Range isn’t a distraction for me- it’s the differentiator.
It’s how I serve wildly different clients with clarity and intention.
It’s how each project informs the next.
I don’t want to work inside a box, and I don’t believe artists need to niche down to be taken seriously. While a clear voice matters, I believe mastery looks like adaptability- and despite the vast differences in these works, I do think my voice speaks clearly in each of them.
I’m curious if you can see it too.
Which piece stopped you first- and why?
Scale, medium, subject, or something else entirely?
Save this if you’re an artist who refuses to be put in a single box.
Share it with someone who needs permission to trust their range.
As pictured:
Project: Mural
Client:
Medium: Commercial house paint
Size: 9ft x 9ft
Project: Illustrative Wayfinding Map
Client:
Medium: Watercolor in Paper
Size: 20” x 16”
Project: Original interpretation of the New York Skyline
Client: /
Medium: Acrylic & Ink on Wood Panel
Size: 8” x 6”
Project: Abstract relief painting
Client:
Medium: Oil on unprimed Canvas
Size: 58” x 78”
Project: Skyscape Triptych
Client:
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 3ft x 3ft x 3
A huge thank you to my clients for trusting me with your vision 💕
#stefaniebalesfineart #CommissionedArt #WorkingArtist
I have a long, inspired history with
When I was a professor, I used to share the talks of artists and designers as inspiration for our project perspectives. (Some of my favorite talks were from Tim Brown of,, and )
I’ve been attending our local event since 2011, and a couple of years ago decided to make it a goal to give a talk of my own one day
This past January, a friend reached out to me out of the blue recommending that I apply (love you ). In my head I was still a couple of years out, but thought- hey, why not? I wrote and sent in my application that day, and ended up being called back as one of 20 out of nearly 600 applicants to audition live.
In the end, my talk wasn’t selected as it didn’t fit into the program curation, but a couple of months later I had the opportunity to apply to TEDx SDSU, and here we are.
My talk wasn’t flawless, but all in all I feel pretty good about it and am really proud of myself for setting out to do something big and then actually seeing it through
I can’t wait to share it with you when it goes live in a couple of months ♥️
A huge thank you to everyone who came to support. I hope you noticed your mention in my talk. XO
#stefaniebalesfineart #tedx #tedxspeaker #tedxsdsu #thebusinessofart
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Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.41%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 71 followers. Comments stay close to likes on Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist's posts, at 135 likes and 23 comments on average, about 5.9 likes per comment.
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Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist (@stefaniebalesfineart) is an Artist creator on Instagram. Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist runs to 24 words across 5 lines.
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Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist has 10,618 followers on Instagram (10.6K). Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist follows 3,730 accounts, so the audience is roughly 2.8 times the size of the list followed. With 2,696 posts published, Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.
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Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.41%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 71 followers. Comments stay close to likes on Stefanie Bales | San Diego Fine Artist, Muralist, Aestheticist's posts, at 135 likes and 23 comments on average, about 5.9 likes per comment.
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