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Kristy August

Kristy August

What I make, what I create, is important to me because of why I make it.

For longer than I care to admit, I have denied myself the respect and dignity of recognizing what I wanted to give and communicate through my art: love, hope and beauty. Instead, I would toss and turn between making what was popular or what would sell, or what others would recommend me to make.

I had refused to give myself permission to examine what makes me come alive in the creative process and was living a half-hearted creative life unawares.

It was in the midst of manufacturing pieces for an upcoming show that I had stumbled onto mediums that would ignite my artist voice—mediums representing color, diverse palettes, texture, brilliance and radiance that I had bee ... view more »

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About

Discipline

Multi-Disciplinary Now Showing Visual

Content/style

Abstract Bright Color Palette Childrens Family Friendly Figurative Kansas City Theme Landscape | Cityscape Large Scale Work Neutral Color Palette Religious Romance Small Scale Work Still Life

Genre/medium

Arts Writing Literary Mixed Media Mural Painting | Drawing Photography Visual Art

Professional Services

Visual Commissioned Work    Live Painter    Muralist    Teaching Artist | Presenter    Writer

Price

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Now Showing Program

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