KELLETTEWORKS

I made a resolution in 2018 to create art every day to be a role model to my high school art students. I spent months experimenting with different media, posting each day on Instagram so my students could hold me accountable. About mid-2018, I had a vision of a minimalist collage with a strong negative white space surrounding the art. I truly felt inspired. This is now an important part of my artistic voice. I appreciate vintage source images as they make me nostalgic for my childhood. I continued to make analog collages, soon finding inspiration with circles. I enjoy creating almost a portal into another world where my my main subject looks into it like it's another dimension. Because I'm creating daily, I also like to work with full size background images as well as bold flat colors that let the viewer imagine what the space represents... My journey as a collage artist has carried me through some dark times, and times of celebration. My mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in my..