Kelly Thorson
Kelly Thorson is a visual artist from Penzance, Saskatchewan. She has been a practising artist for over 30 years and had her first solo showing in 1992.
Born into a family employed in the oilfields, Kelly grew up in Trinidad, India and Malta. Her childhood was very unstructured and free which left plenty of room for exploration and imagination, which eventually set the tone for her artwork.
Her inherent curiosity has led her to experiment with many media. Her recent works can be recognized by their earthy tones and strong textures.
Kelly is driven to explore different mediums and techniques and enjoys the chemistry of making her own paints and substrates from raw materials.
The past few years she has been focused mainly on painting with beeswax, resin and pigments. The history of encaustic as one of the oldest existing forms of art is in keeping with her passion for ancient art forms and she finds the tactile, luminous and spontaneous unpredictability of the fluid wax when fused with a torch challenging and intriguing.
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