Kacie Flynn

HAC Member Since: 2010

Email: kacie@humboldtarts.org
Telephone: 661-858-4440
Web:

Artist Statement

People interest me, faces above all else. A lot can be derived from a face: sentiment, attitudes, intensity. It is in these faces that I find myself absorbed in the emotions of the people around me and their relationships to those around them. Every image has an emotion and the paint helps to draw it out.

The nature of the photograph defines the style in which the painting takes on. The paint can capture anything from the sharpness of a comical instant to the ethereal softness of a more intimate memory. If photographs capture moments and paintings convey moods, then by painting a photograph I am personifying the emotions on the canvas.

Some pictures feel most comfortable to me in coffee. Sepia toning gives the photograph warmth and enhances the timeless-ness of everyday life which the coffee allows me to do. While other more vivid moments deserve to be submerged in the colors that surround them.

My collection of work is of loved ones captured in those fleeting seconds only a photograph could hold. Some give a glimpse into a life, while others capture a moment worth living.

Artist Resume

OCCUPATION          Artist/Educator

ACADEMIC
BACKGROUND:

Bachelor of Arts Degree, 2010, Humboldt State University; Arcata, California Summa Cum Laude

Certificate in Gallery Practices, 2010, Humboldt State University; Arcata, California

West High School, 2002-2006, Bakersfield, California

TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:

2010-2011, Family Arts Day, Monthly Program, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California

2008-2011, Teen Arts, Summer Art Camps, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California

2009-2010, Recycled Jewelry, Arcata Arts Institute, Arcata High School, Arcata, California
                                   

ART EXHIBITS:     
(One-artist)

Fresh Meat, First Street Gallery, 2010; Eureka, California          

ART EXHIBITS:     

(Group)                      

HAC Annual Member Exhibition, 2010-2011; Morris Graves Museum of Art Eureka, California

16th Annual Junque Arte Competition & Exhibition, 2010; Morris Graves Museum of Art; Eureka, California

Taste of Art Auction Exhibition, 2010; Morris Graves Museum of Art; Eureka, California

Spring Juried Show, 2010 Humboldt State University; Arcata, California

Spring Juried Show, 2009 Humboldt State University; Arcata, California
                                  

AWARDS/SPECIAL
RECOGNITION:

2010 Outstanding Community Service, Humboldt State University
                                    

TRAVEL:

Hawaii (4 trips 2001-2010)
Mexico (2006)
                                  

CURRENT
MEMBERSHIPS:

Humboldt Arts Council 
Humboldt State University Alumni
Delta Phi Epsilon Alumni

EMPLOYMENT:

Humboldt Arts Council, Morris Graves Museum of Art

Assistant Museum Manager; 2008-2011

Humboldt State University

Grant Coordinator; 2010-2011

ARTICLES:             

"From HSU to 'artistic success' The Times-Standard

"Fresh Meat: Art Education Rocks" By Jennifer Savage, The North Coast Journal

“Teacherland! HSU Art Education Students Teach Local High School Students” By T.C. Vidosh, The Lumberjack