My Story

Bright colors have always made me feel a deep sense of peace & contentment. I had a very unstable childhood up until about 8 years old. During these times, I remember always being drawn to brightly colored artifacts. I was always coloring and drawing with them. When I was amongst my colorful things, I felt I was safe in another world. This continued for most of my teen & young adult life, expressing myself through my clothing and school supplies with all the brightest apparel. I gradually got to where I wasn’t using them as much in my life or my art. In my young adult life, there were a lot of trials and tribulations of trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life. I tried numerous career paths, which all fulfilled me for a certain length of time until all the sudden they didn’t. I’ve always been very in touch with my emotions & my level of happiness at any given moment so these things were not something I could ignore.

Looking back now, ironically, it was when I went to art school & then became an art teacher that I noticed a decline in my active passion for colorful accessories. I’m still not exactly sure what it was that got me off track with this soul-level understanding about myself. After college, I decided to travel and move to Ireland. I backpacked around Europe and then I settled in Ireland for a year and a half and had many amazing, life-changing experiences. I decided after that time period that it was time to come home and really figure out what I was going to do with my life this time. I had a friend who suggested an art teacher job that would enable me to teach while getting my teaching certification. I was previously on this path when I was in art school so it made sense. I enrolled in the course and received my certification.

I gained invaluable knowledge and experience for several years as a high school visual arts teacher. Then, I realized at the end of 2018 that I wanted to spend more dedicated time in my own studio creating my complex observations of life and the human condition. It was an extremely difficult decision to leave teaching in the traditional sense, but I decided to trust my talents and take a leap of faith, knowing that I would offer private lessons out of my home studio. I knew nothing about how to run a business, but I was willing to learn. During this time, I created my first two series, The Outbreak Series and The Multi-Dimensional Series. After months of striving to get my new art business set up and going, my financial situation changed and I had to get a part time job. 

Unfortunately, this job sucked the life out of me. It suppressed any and all creativity. I also had some other significant life-changing incidents happen in that time period that caused me to have some health issues. All business stuff had to be put on hold while I had to focus on my health & well-being.

I once again found my way back to my art business in the early months of 2020. The global pandemic that brought the whole world to a stop, ended up doing the opposite for me. It illuminated the path for me to be able to get back to my artmaking and have a fresh start. As I was slowly getting back into it, I was also coping with the dramatic upheaval with the pandemic that was causing so much uncertainty & instability. It gave me a chance to do a lot of self-reflection of where I had been and where I wanted to go with my life and business. It gave me a chance to listen to what my soul was trying to tell me about my artmaking. It was telling me to listen to my intuition and use the methods & colors that make me feel whole & fully content.

I’ve always been a very intuitive and spiritual person, so it only made sense to listen and do what I was being pushed to do. I had used my intuitive method in my previous series, The Multi-Dimensional, and I knew I wanted to continue using it due to the level of freedom & peace I felt while creating in that manner.

The art I create when I get in my intuitive zone are documentations of what my soul is wanting to say to the world. I drop down into my subconscious and allow it to pour out onto the canvas. It is a very healing process that allows me to work through my thoughts, feelings, struggles, etc. through each and every mark & paint stroke made. It allows me to escape to that safe world and not feel a worry in the world, ultimately allowing me to escape my own reality when needed. It gives me a small break from having to deal with the complexities of the human condition. In sharing these documentations, I am hoping to help let someone else escape their struggles & get lost in my little safe world of color. 

I invite you to visit the links on my website and discover my colorful life in art. Would you like to be part of my journey by becoming one of my art collectors? Do not believe the myth that art is exclusively available for wealthy individuals. If you would like to learn more about my art and how you can become my collector, please CLICK HERE to receive information. Living with art is one of the most insightful and culturally enriching gifts to humanity.

Sincerely yours,

Kelsey Proffitt