I love art, design….beauty. I am irresistibly drawn to the aesthetics of things. FInding visual harmony in the cracks in a boulder, or the patterns of tar in the sand on a beach or within the features of a face that are just slightly off balance offers a type of comfort. It seems at some point, that everything can be reduced to a visual pattern, an order that emerges out of what seems at first glance to be chaos. Finding this order, whether in the natural world, or within my work, suggests an underlying connection between all things. And this connection to the world, connects us to each other,

The process of making art , of designing, is the somewhat mysterious and often abstract process of finding connection through color, composition and texture, exploring and rearranging until what emerges has the power to invoke emotion. It is, in short, the process of making someone feel something by looking at something.

I love art, design….beauty. Since childhood, I’ve been drawn to the somewhat mysterious and often abstract process of communication through color, composition and texture, exploring and rearranging until a visual harmony, with the power to invoke emotion, emerges. It is, in short, the process of making someone feel something by looking at something.

In graphic design, this can satisfy the complex needs of a client, a product and an end user by connecting to an audience in a way that words cannot. This power of aesthetics, of beauty, in any area of life, has been something I could not resist.

With the advent of digital media, the opportunity to offer a visual experience expanded. Interactive design, computer gaming and eventually website design were a new frontier that was both medium and art form. Translating the emotional power of beauty to this inherently logical, sometimes cold and often detached digital medium presented new possibilities for expression. The ability to create digital visual landscapes for my clients that could reach beyond the screen and connect with something deeper in their viewers was, for me, a compelling synthesis of logic and creativity.

Now, decades later, as life has become immersed in digital media and we are surrounded by digital worlds that rival our own realities, I find myself turning back to the tactile and imperfect qualities of paint. There is something honest and immediate about traditional mediums that I find grounding and challenging. This seemingly less complex medium, one that I started with as a child, is again inviting further exploration. The aim, however, is the same as it’s always been - to make someone feel something by looking at something.

Art. Design. Beauty. They inspire, they motivate, they show us things in ways we haven’t seen before. They connect us to something both larger than ourselves, and to the small intimate parts that dwell deep within, simultaneously. They carry the potential to reach something sacred - what better goal?

Thank you for visiting.
Enjoy the work.

Maureen Kringen