Mixed Media Drawings & Paintings
My preferred mediums include Faber-Castell watercolor pencils, Prismacolor color pencils, Posca acrylic pens, Micron pens, and Blackwing pencils.
"Kendra's art is unusual, distinct, yet familiar. The organic forms and the colors, when put together, feel like a human quilt." — Art Collector & Professional Framer, Mundelein IL
Primordial Monoliths: Personal Icons
The cellular make-up in each of my Monoliths -- all the little cells, threads, and structures as I imagine them in our earliest stage of biological human development -- is the primordial aspect of my art's overall imagery. Blending that with the density of a large, single shape, the imagery as a whole becomes a steadfast, almost immoveable, personal pillar -- or, a monolith -- for our lives.
The two concepts conjoin into a symbol of our strength and empowerment, healing and repair, and resilience and survival on life's journey of emotionality.
I hope that ultimately both the shape & interior details of each Primordial Monolith convey that we are eternal beings.
Archivally matted in 8-ply white mats in contemporary black metal frames with UV-resistant/anti-reflective museum glass.
Watercolor pencils, colored pencils, acrylic paint pens, micron pens, and graphite on watercolor paper.
Prinordial Monolith: Embers 15.75h x 19.25w $1250
Primordial Monolith: Prism Light (Currently being framed) $1250
Primordial Monolith: Stone 14.5h x 18w
Primordial Monolith: Protective Arrrowhead (Currently being framed) $1250
Primordial Monolith: Sun Touch 19h x 13.25w $1250
Primordial Monolith: Heat Map 18.5h x 15w $1250
Primordial Monolith: Botanica
Primordial Monolith: Watershed 16h x 18.75w $1250
Nature as Muse | The Girl Who Loved Leaves
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order.” —John Burroughs, American Naturalist & Essayist
All pieces archivally matted in 8-ply white mats in contemporary white wood frame with UV-resistant/anti-reflective museum glass except where noted.
Watercolor pencils, colored pencils, acrylic paint pens, micron pens, and graphite on watercolor paper.
Cellular Healing: Golden Leaf I -- 17h X 12.5w $400
Cellular Healing: Golden Leaf II -- 17w X 24h $500
Cellular Healing: Green Leaf 15.5w X 18.75h $400
Cellular Healing: Yellow Leaf 18h X 14w $450
Cellular Lily Pad Heart Landing 14h X 15.5w $450
Cellular Healing Landscape: The Happiness of Green 10.5h x 13.5w $250 Framed in White Wood with UV resistant anti-glare glass & 8-ply white mat
Cellular Healing Landscape: Anatomy of Happiness 8 x 10 $200 Matted/Unframed
Cellular Healing Landscape -- Sky Colors 8 x 10 $200 Matted/Unframed
Cellular Healing Landscape: Earth, Sand, Rock 10.5h x 13.5w $250 Framed in White Wood with UV resistant anti-glare glass & 8-ply white mat
Cellular Landscape of an Ultramagnetic Love (Or, Love is a Golden Thread of Lightening) 17x23 Archival 8-ply White Matting & Matte Black Metal Frame $525
The Electricity of Leaf Glow 12 x 12 Mixed Media Collage on Canvas $350
The Particle Series
A collection of mixed media artworks about the power of healing and recovery after loss, betrayal, trauma, and grief.
Watercolor pencils, colored pencils, acrylic paint pens, micron pens, and graphite on watercolor paper.
Cellular Anatomy of a Hug 9 x 7 Mixed Media & Acrylic on Canvas $250
Cellular Healing -- When Grief Turns to Gold 16.5 X 15 (Archival Matting & Maple Frame) $450
Auric Vibration 13 x 13 Acrylic + Micron & Metallic Pens on Canvas $350
Cell Block 6 -- 24 x 17 Mixed Media on 6 Wood Panels $650 (Archival Matting & Anti-Reflective Museum Glass in Black Matte Metal Frame)
Cellular Anatomy of Despair (With Little Rays of Light Shining Through) 16 X 16 (Archival Matting & Maple Frame) $450
Cell Block 24 x 24 Mixed Media on 9 Wood Panels $1250 (Archival Matting & Anti-Reflective Museum Glass in Black Matte Metal Frame)
Broken Heart Cell Begins to Heal 21 X 19 Colored Pencils, Paint Pens, Ink, Graphite on Paper $500 (Archically matted in White & Framed in Black Steel)
All the Light at the End 14.5 X 15.75 (Archival Matting & Maple Frame) $450 -- CURRENTLY ON VIEW through Aug 16 at Brushwood Center
Love Into the Ether 18 x 24 Watercolor Pencils, Colored Pencils, Paint Pens, Ink, Graphite on Watercolor Paper $600 (archival matting and black matte metal frame)
Floral Language of Cellular Healing 20h x 20w Watercolor Pencils, Colored Pencils, Paint Pens, Ink & Graphite on Watercolor Paper $450 Framed in White Wood with UV resistant anti-glare glass & 8-ply white mat
Cellular Memories: RvW 15.75 x 15.75 (Archival Matting & Maple Frame) $400
The Presence of Absence 17 x 17 Archival White Matting & Matte Black Metal Frame $500
Cellular Optic Aurora (Archival Matting & Maple Frame) 16 X 16 $450
Cellular Memories of Recognition (Archival Matting & Maple Frame) 15 X 17 REDUCED to $300
Kendra Kett
Cellular Floral Mandalas
My dad always used to say that wherever you go, you must plant a few flowers. He said this because flowers bring joy and positive uplift and because they ignite so many positive dispositions inside us. A mandala, which simply means “circle,” presents a series of symbols arranged with symmetry and balance within a circle which is within a square. Many cultures use them as a meditative tool. My imperfect, lop-sided but generally roundish “floral mandalas” are perhaps an intuitive metaphor for the imperfections of life. I hope this combination of flower and mandala brings joy, happiness, elevation, calm, and a meditative opportunity.
12 x 12 | Framed $200 each —- Both Matted & Framed in Black
Watercolor pencils, colored pencils, acrylic paint pens, micron pens, and graphite on watercolor paper.
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Cellular Floral Mandala: Sky Flower
Cellular Floral Mandala: Earth Flower
Cellular Floral Mandala: Berry Flower
Cellular Floral Mandala: Crystal Flower
Cellular Floral Mandala: Sun Flower
Cellular Floral Mandala: Prism Flower
Cellular Floral Mandala: Citrus Flower
Cellular Floral Mandala: Flower of Light
Healing Blankets
The blanket is a universal symbol for protection, warmth, and comfort. Cultures all over the world revere the blanket as a sacred gift to others to show caring and respect. They also connote security (a toddler’s security blanket), calming and soothing (swaddling a crying infant), and a sense of belonging (family blankets tossed over the couch for coziness and snuggling). We all know the importance of a blanket as a “love object” for preschoolers (the ever-yearned-for “blankie”) for the comfort and familiarity it brings. Blankets are also about warmth when we are cold and nurturance when we are sick. Finally, to wrap someone in a blanket shows a profound act of love and kindness. It is my hope that my Healing Blankets will elicit all of these thoughts and emotions in their viewers.
Watercolor pencils, colored pencils, acrylic paint pens, micron pens, and graphite on watercolor paper.
Cellular Healing Blanket: Sand & Sky 11 x 10.5 (Archival Matting & Matte Black Metal Frame) $165
Cellular Healing Blanket: Sand & Water 10 x 11 (Archival Matting & Matte Black Metal Frame) $165
Healing Blanket: Cellular Rock Stack 13.25h X 12.75w Watercolor Pencils, Colored Pencils, Paint Pens, Ink & Graphite on Watercolor Paper $400
Cellular Healing Blanket: Water and Light 14.25h X 13.75h Watercolor Pencils, Colored Pencils, Paint Pens, Ink & Graphite on Watercolor Paper $400
Cellular Healing Blanket: Sand, Sea, and Sky 11.5 x 11 (Archival Matting & Matte Black Metal Frame) $225
Cellular Healing Blanket: Red Sky 9.5 x 10 Archival Matting & Matte Black Metal Frame) $200
Healing Blanket: Flow (The Beauty of Pink) 15.75 X 15.75 (Archival Matting & Maple Frame) $400
Cellular Healing Blanket: Forest Flow 15.25h X 13.25w Watercolor Pencils, Colored Pencils, Paint Pens, Ink & Graphite on Watercolor Paper $750
Cellular Healing Blanket: Sky & Shoreline 14.5h X 13.5w Watercolor Pencils, Colored Pencils, Paint Pens, Ink & Graphite on Watercolor Paper $750
Prints
Osio-Brown Editions of Elmhurst IL specializes in museum-quality giclee printing for Chicago area artists & galleries. They are known for their high resolution scan technology and printing expertise. These prints feature rich color saturation on luxe paper. Ready to frame. Signed by the artist.
Butterfly Cell Sloughing 16x20 Signed Giclee Print 16x20 $100 (2 left)
Happy Heart 12x12 Signed Giclee Print $65 (3 Left)
Cellular Band-Aids for the Heart 11x14 Signed Giclee Print 11x14 $50 (1 left)
Heart Full of Life 11x14 Signed Giclee Print $50 (2 left)
The Integration of Grief 16 x 20 Signed Giclee Print $125 (SOLD OUT)
Coming Soon: The Elihu Diaries
Drawings and paintings inspired by the daily notes written by Elihu Morehouse (b.1859-d.1940) — An American agricultural laborer who lived in Elizabethtown NY in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
20 new works — Currently being framed and prepared for gallery exhibition.
Elihu's Views
Picked Apples
Chopped Wood
Stringing Morning Glories
Clear Sky
Elihu's Cloudy Days
Framing
Works on paper are professionally framed by Apple Frame in Mundelein IL and ArtWorks in Kenosha WI using archival materials.
Frames for The Particle Series are maple wood with 8-ply matting. Frames for the Nature as Muse series are white wood with 8-ply matting. Additional works feature black matte metal frames.
