Coastal Shadows (2024) 绘画 由 Kristin Gustavson

My father is a professional ceramic sculpture, so I always had the opportunity to be in the studio creating with him. From mixed media, to ceramics, writing and painting I was always encouraged to pursue my passion to create. Early on, art became my primary mode of expressing my feelings. I don’t think of my paintings so much as a picture of a person or specific animal, but rather as worlds that I am building one brush stroke at a time. I tend to get lost in these worlds during the creative process and struggle to talk about or think about much else. My art gives me a release that calms my psyche and allows me to express my emotions.

You are invited to come let me tell you a story. The story of my mind.
I find it interesting that sometimes the brain has more it wants to say
then we have time to let it. I express myself in images. At first, these images start as pictures burned in my brain like negatives of a film
roll (remember those?), I wrestle them to fit my life. I wrestle them to stay put until I have time for them. The longer they sit the more they disrupt my sleep invading my dreams like ants on a sticky spot on the kitchen counter that someone forgot to wipe up. Eventually, I give in and let them have their day in the sun making their way from my head to my fingers. Lately, I can't define the difference between an idea and a thought, an emotion and a passing phase. Maybe simply letting these images speak for themselves isn't enough anymore. Come get lost in my dream world with me.

• 国籍: 美国
• 出生日期 : 1987
• 艺术领域： 由画廊代表,
• 团体： 美国当代艺术家 画廊展示的艺术家