Artist Statement

Each of my drawings is, de facto, an artefact of the passage of time and my engagement with the materials. I see them therefore as kinds of fossils — the residue of my interaction with surfaces, textures, color and line. I gravitate to inks, watercolor, acrylic pens, graphite but am especially interested in found and repurposed materials. I've started experimenting with making my own ink. Instead of starting with a vision which I then execute, I like to let the materials coalesce, as though I am funneling, straining and recombining elements in a kind of alchemical process.

Artist Bio

Kelly Kingman is an artist, small business owner and parent living in Beacon, New York. Her educational background includes an interdisciplinary BA in Aesthetics from Eugene Lang College and a career that has ranged from graphic design, publishing, art direction, marketing and freelance journalism. She currently runs a boutique firm specializing in visual note taking and teaches visual thinking workshops for adults and teams.