Kacie Flynn
HAC Member Since: 2010
661-858-4440
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
