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When I think about my earliest recollections of “art work”, the first
thing that comes to mind is being four or five years old and having a
fascination with the magical, to my young mind then, boxes of “Crayola
Crayons”. Those boxes with tiered rows of many colors held my attention
for hours on end as I transferred  imagination.
When I was a little older, my young artistic interest was further piqued
as my parents  with
gifts of those intriguing little tin boxes of “pads” of colors that
could be transferred to paper by means of a wetted brush. I’m not sure
what the genesis was for my predilection and early interest in drawing
and coloring. I like to think that there was some psychic  Millie – whom I never knew – and who during a period of
her life was engaged in producing – painting and firing pieces
of which I am lucky enough to own today.
During my school years, particularly high school and college, I pursued
my interest by taking many painting/art classes  and art history. I expanded my interest to ceramics and
China painting, influenced I guess by the luminous pieces on my shelves
that were produced many years earlier by mysterious Aunt Millie who died
in the early 1900’s. Many hours of 
working for a ceramic studio, financed my painting classes in those days!
In the mid seventies I discovered Decorative Painting and became
“hooked” immediately, going through the “baptism of oils” and spending
hours practicing the basic brush strokes to produce leaves, daisy
flowers, strawberries and all the rest. I have been totally enraptured
ever since. Like many of my sister painters (and even some brothers!) I
began to paint items that I could sell at local boutiques. This led to
early efforts to design and paint some of my own one-of-a-kind pieces. I
then began teaching classes and designing pattern packets.
The advent of the new acrylic paints propelled me to take more classes
to learn about this new medium and I have loved them from the start.
They present the potential for a very vivid color palette which I have
taken full advantage of and have been rewarded by many positive
comments. I enjoy immensely the bright Turquoise Blues and Purples
(which I believe adds a touch of whimsy to painted projects), the bright
Reds, Oranges, Greens and Gold's. I look forward to the continuing
pleasure of experimenting with and using these wonderful paints and the
great new Black Gold and Dynasty brushes being developed – and I look
forward to many more years of painting!
If you have any questions about any of my art
works please E-mail me at
kayquist@kayquist.com
and I will try to return an answer quickly.
Thank you for
visiting my new website and I sincerely hope you enjoy your time here.
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