Kyndall Potts - I loved to draw as a child but put away my sketchbook after college for a career and to raise a family. In 2020, after a complete hiatus from art of over thirty years, I began taking art classes online and at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center. The old passion returned. In 2022, I entered my first exhibition and had two paintings accepted, one winning an Ohio Arts Council Award. Since then, I have exhibited frequently in central Ohio. I paint primarily human faces, figures and animals using acrylic paint. My paintings often incorporate bold, unrealistic colors, texture, and gestural brushstrokes. Feeling, movement, and the love of color and light guide my work. I am fascinated by human beings and develop strong attachments to the people I paint. Although I’ve never met them, I often learn their stories as I work. I talk to them as they evolve on my canvas, and they tell me who they are. As a relatively new artist, I don't want to limit myself to one medium, subject or style but continue to experiment and evolve, experimenting with new mediums such as oil, pastel, collage, and encaustic.
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My art reflects my experiences as an adult and as a child. I've been based in Ohio for a great part of my life and I love to travel. My fascination with landscapes and alternate worlds comes from both my travels and the diverse communities where I've lived such as: the Appalachian hills (WV & PA), the Sonoran Desert (AZ), the east coast (NJ), and India. I was a late bloomer - late to finish college, late to start a career and, when I retired, late to start at the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). I don't think they offered art classes in my public schools and perhaps one of the best 'perks' that came with my AT&T Bell Labs ID was free admission to almost every museum in NYC. It took a few years before I was wondering "how hard can it be to make this ..." and that was my first step toward becoming a painter. Driven by my love of process as much as by my love of color and texture, I'm in my studio every day.
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