Artist Bio
Kellie Weeks received her B . F . A from Bradford College in 2001 . After years of exploring many media she is now focused on painting with pigment sticks and encaustic , which is an ancient medium that is comprised of beeswax , resin , and dry pigments . While using encaustics for their insurmountable quality , depth , and brilliancy , Kellie also incorporates dry pigments , metal leaf , shellac , and other mixed media as vehicles to develop a whole lexicon of imagery . Kellie is an abstract painter . Often in her work , basic fields of color , shapes , and objects are seen yielding to one another or competing for space . These dynamic compositions tend to describe simple relationships which reveal pertinent information about mankind and what it means to be a living being in this world , all the while , trying to illuminate the human spirit and the journey it is on . Kellie ’ s work has been exhibited nationally in many juried and group shows , and is included in many private and public collections . Additionally , she has worked on many commissioned pieces . In October 2011 Kellie was included in a group show called “ Imagination ” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York , for which she was quite honored . She works diligently , day to day in the studio , searching for what Mark Rothko calls the “ anecdote of the spirit ”.