By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American painter 

Kayti Didriksen (born 1972 in Maryland, USA). 

 

Kayti Didriksen’s love of landscapes began as a child growing up in Central Missouri with it’s rolling hills, river and changing seasons. Her formal art education began after a move back to Maryland following 9th grade and changed her perspective. She learned to draw and paint at Suitland Visual and Performing Arts High School and continued on to the Maryland Institute, College of Art where she received a BFA in Printmaking (1994). In 2012 Didriksen began painting landscapes in Martha’s Vineyard as a hobby to combat the stress of graduate school (Master of Professional Services in the Business of Art and Design, The Maryland Institute, College of Art).

 

In the years between Art school and Business school, Didriksen moved around the United States. Inspired by movement, she made blind contour drawings of live music performance. The deft hand-to-eye coordination from years of blind contour practice easily transferred to palette knife on canvas when it was time to paint landscapes. The hobby that began in grad school continued when Didriksen moved to New York City to pursue her blind contour work as she became the Artist in Residence for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, collaborated with Faberge’ and gave a TEDx talk. 

 

Painting small landscapes on weekend trips may seem a stark contrast to blind contour drawings of performance that end up as large-scale works that show space and movement with color and feel like the performance, but the inspiration of space and movement are the same, as is the skill of seeing and hand-to-eye coordination. Today, Didriksen balances teaching and blind contour expertise with travelling to paint in plein air, chasing the light that describes the color of air. She sells her works to interested parties on the internet via Instagram: DrawsCrowds and Facebook; Kayti Didriksen.

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