Synesthesia Series

 The Synesthesia Series addresses the sensory overload that can occur when two or more senses are experienced simultaneously.  As an artist with epilepsy, I strive to express how I experience life and the world around me.  Synesthesia has been one of the more difficult concepts for me to verbally express. Visual stimuli can be overwhelming. Often, visual stimuli, such as color and light can be quite beautiful. As artists, we try to capture that experience and share it with our audience. However, if an auditory stimuli enters at the same time, the switch between the right and the left brain can be quite dramatic. This shift that the person experiencing synesthesia is undergoing may be difficult for observers to understand fully.  As I work through this process myself, I hope to provide some awareness for the observer and possibly for those experiencing similar events.

Frailty of the Human Condintion

Conte, charcoal, ink, and acrylic on panel.
2012.  Prints Available.

From the back of the painting:  I realize too often the weakness of my mortal body.  My hands tire, cramp, and refuse to hold a brush after hours of battle with the pigments.  A sign that the rest of my body needs a break, but I do not want to retreat.  Inspiration is the beginning - perseverance, dedication, tears, and sleepless nights birth the child of that spark of creativity.  A dream is merely a whimsical sugarplum imagining until it is put into action.  Often I find the road from creativity to creation a treacherous uphill climb.  I pray my hand - my skills - my flawed humanity will not keep me from realizing those dreams, but instead teach me humility and urge me to fight harder and longer with greater integrity.

About the prints:  The image used for printing has been edited from the original only to allow for the prints to be created on one panel. Prints of this piece will be made available in triptych. Inquiries may be sent to kellykart@gmail.com

Tea for Anoles

Conte, charcoal, ink, and acrylic on panel.  2012.
Prints Available

Tea for Anoles:  Quite often I wonder how I manage to accomplish any work.  If I was to explain the creative process I work through to create each piece, it occurs to me that nothing could be created without a wonderful cup of tea.  I spent several years living entirely by myself, and during that time, I had a very unusual house mate...an adorable green anole.  When I painted, he would stick his tiny little green nose out to see what was going on.  I often had to place anole crossing signs for my human house guests to watch out for the green art critic.  Tea for Anoles is my attempt to explain the creativity machine of the artistic process.

Artist note of whimsy:  I wear chopsticks in my hair, and quite often I wear my hair in quite elaborate braids.  Tea for Anoles, Dragonfly, and the Braid Series utilizes the elaborate twists, braids, and knots of my hairstyles to
create organic architectural structures.

Printed Image Without Breaks

About the Prints: The image used for printing has been edited from the original only to allow for the prints to be created on one panel.  Prints of this piece will be made available in triptych.  Inquiries may be sent to kellykart@gmail.com

Synapse

Charcoal, ink, and acrylic on wood.  2012.  Prints Available.  

Tree Song

Pastel on board.  2012.  Prints Available