Kristin Bauer
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My painting is a search for understanding. For understanding of myself and the world that I live in. The process of painting is a search for the image within the canvas.
I begin my process by layering washes of color, markmaking, organic shapes and text. I complicate the surface and at some point begin introducing painted patterns, people or objects to suggest space. It is at this point I discover a narrative within the emerging composition. Subtractively and additivley I bring the imagery to fruition, giving volume to all the many voices within the painting.
I begin my process by layering washes of color, markmaking, organic shapes and text. I complicate the surface and at some point begin introducing painted patterns, people or objects to suggest space. It is at this point I discover a narrative within the emerging composition. Subtractively and additivley I bring the imagery to fruition, giving volume to all the many voices within the painting.
Kristin Bauer's Images
Kristin Bauer was born May 7, 1982 in Fridley, MN. She began painting and drawing at a young age, and did not recieve any formal instruction until college. She studied painting at Arizona State University from 2000-2004, recieving a Bachelors of Fine Arts. During her studies she traveled to to Florence, Italy for a Study Abroad program and recieved the Honors Drawing/Painting Studio Award in the 2003-2004 academic year.
Kristin began showing her art in 1999 at the age of sixteen at ArtOne Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ. She continued to show there until 2005. She began showing annually at Modified Arts in Phoenix in 2004, and continues to show there.
Presently, Kristin is the mother of two girls, Lilliana Grace, born July 25, 2005, and Isabella Rain, born April 1, 2007. Becoming a mother has inspired her painting to take a new direction. Kristin is also currently pursuing her Masters in Expressive Arts Therapy at Ottawa University
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