Born and raised in California, creative endeavors have been an integral part of my upbringing.
After falling in love with oil painting during my undergraduate career, I established KJS/Studio in the final days of 2022 as a way of defining my commitment to artistic pursuits. Over this past year, I have continued to expand my understanding of art’s capacity for amplifying climate rhetoric through a constant cycle of exploration and experimentation.
I am motivated by two fundamental visions: I believe environmental protection is the most pressing issue in the modern world, and I am confident art can bring fresh awareness and insight to climate issues. My paintings elevate images of everyday beauty to reinforce the importance of our surroundings – what and who would we be in the absence of these elements?
Our perceptions of reality are only one of the infinite ways in which every scene and object can be interpreted. Art is an avenue for processing the formidable and re-examining our relationship with nature, simultaneously revealing how optimism and human responsibility are the keys to moving forward. The life we have come to expect is not a guarantee, and only when we look more closely at the factors driving our actions can we achieve a sustainable future for us all.
-KJS, MMXXIV
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