Ribbons. Often depicted as elongated, sweeping, yellow strips or simple flowing black lines, these undulating ribbons stand for connectedness and support bringing structure to the composition as well as providing emotional content.

Gold & silver chains. Usually encircling an entire composition, these gold and silver chains of dots-within-circles symbolize protection and guardianship.

Gold threads & filled-in cracks. Inspired by the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery, called Kintsugi, by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer mixed with powdered gold or silver. Kintsugi treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.

The blanket. A universal symbol for warmth, healing, comfort, and nurturance. Other meanings: protection, security, calm.

The cell, the particle. The site of all activity, growth, and change. The tiniest space of spiritual and physical transformation and yet so grand, immense, and life-altering. My versions of the “cell” are imagined, fictional representations.

The heart. Where everything about us exists. Our thoughts, feelings, ideas, wounds, scars, dreams. Our soul and spirit and animation lives in there. I believe we have two hearts: an inner heart and an outer heart.

Points of light. You CAN see in the dark. Light is brighter there. Everything that must grow & come to fruition starts out in the dark.

Portals, Voids, Black Holes. A space to return to when starting over.

Kendra is a first generation daughter born to immigrant parents from Great Britain. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and her Master’s degree in Education both from distinguished programs at the University of Illinois.

She is the author and illustrator of a women’s self-help book and is a frequent public speaker and trainer. She is also active in her community with various charitable endeavors and projects.

Kendra is self-taught as an artist and has been drawing, writing, and making things since she was two-years-old. She has been a life-long creative writer and student of symbols.

She has surrounded herself with beautiful art and design since early childhood when she and her older sister-in-law started visiting The Art Institute of Chicago on numerous annual family outings.

She has been an avid art collector for more than three decades and has extensively visited museums, galleries, sculpture installations, and architecture across the United States and Europe.

Kendra has been working in the art industry for eight years and owns the Blue Moon Gallery, located in Grayslake IL, where she has an established reputation for excellence, professionalism, service, creativity, and innovation.

She is also a Guest Curator, Juror of Selection & Juror of Awards for numerous art exhibitions throughout Chicagoland, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists.