Best known for her photorealistic animal paintings, artist Meaghan Rey also known as @pain_and_pixels works in a variety of creative fields including graphic design, website design and management, & the creation of NFTs. Rey is a master digital oil painter with a lifetime of experience in traditional art, holds a BFA, has 10+ years proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, 5+ years professional working experience in graphic design fields, and 3+ years of freelance commissioned art experience. She maintains original works of her art in multiple online collections. 

Originally a joke on "paint & pixels" (as Rey is a digital artist trained in traditional oil) the name Pain & Pixels was chosen in honor of her journey with two autoimmune diseases that primarily affect the fine motor skills of her hands; Gluten Neuropathy & Psoriatic Arthritis. From 2019 to 2022 Rey lived with ceaseless debilitating pain in her hands, every artists worst nightmare; but it never stopped her from growing as an artist and has done nothing but push her to put more time and care into each piece of work - leading her to make the best pieces of her career. Thankfully, Rey never gave up on her art or on her pursuit of finding answers or relief for her condition and she is immensely happy to say that she has finally entered remission and is living relatively pain free these days.