Launched in summer 2025 as a women-owned gallery, studio, and creative space on Bacon Street, Art Up Your Life brings animation-industry credentials from Nickelodeon and Lockheed Martin into OB’s 92107 arts scene. The studio doubles as a live-painting stage where acrylic canvases are created in real time alongside musicians, a performance-art format that complements the multidisciplinary programming at Wildsong Theatre & Arts Collective. Character-design training from the Art Institute of Philadelphia shows in the bold graphic style of the hand-painted hats, shoes, and original works stocked inside. Live-painting residencies across San Diego’s reggae and festival circuit include regular stage sets at The Holding Company’s weekly music nights, where finished canvases become part of the show. The most ambitious commissions combine a full live stage-painting performance with a gallery-ready canvas delivered to the collector at the close of the event.