Kristen Schiele creates work in painting, scenic installations and collage. The works are inspired by stage sets, cinema, folklore, allegory, kitsch, and story telling that is psychologically dramatic and playful.

Currently, the work is a celebration of nature. Stylized Rocks, Trees, Mountains, Ocean and Sky are painted sculpturally with densely colored layered oil paint on larger canvases to create a raw, clashing framework for scenes of small moments of silkscreened 70s movie stills; watching TV, reading the paper, or patterns derived from craft traditions. Dream catchers, patterns from quilts and folk art symbolize magic we, as humans, have to make and offer..

Upcoming:

January 17-February 17 "Opulent Vision" Ford Project 57 W57th 19-20 New York, NY
http://library.constantcontact

January 21-February 25 "Mie Portraits" Freight and Volume Gallery, NYC http://www.freightandvolume.co