As a child Kristin was always drawing, always painting, always doing something creative. Her mother insisted that being bored indicated a non-creative mind; art and hands-on projects were encouraged. After the traditional college path (B.A. in Religion and Women's Studies from Dartmouth College), Kristin went to California College of the Arts when she was in her late twenties, getting a degree in Printmaking and working with some of the finest teachers she has ever known.
Kristin's work is about movement, mark and pattern. She makes abstract and non-objective work because she is not interested in narrative; working to create art that generates a response that doesn't reach for story first compels her. She makes gelatin plate monotypes, which is a process that is super direct and altogether low-tech: She makes the gelatin plates herself, and then hand prints everything with water-based inks.
Kristin is influenced by Agnes Martin and the ocean, always. Anything with a complex and flowing pattern also influences her, and this can be anything from a leaf to a series of cracks in the pavement to traditional sumi brush paintings from Japan and China. The world is a visual feast, and although she spends a fair amount of time looking at both contemporary and art historical artwork, it is generally the patterns of everyday life that find their way into her studio work. Kristin currently resides in Arlington, Massachusetts.
