Watercolor Artist Explores Nature, Emotion and Connection
Madison artist Kelsey Florek, who works under the name Kelsey Raine, will bring original watercolor paintings and giclee prints to New Glarus Art in the Park, with work shaped by wildlife, emotion and the unpredictability of the medium.
For Kelsey Florek, watercolor painting began as an exercise in letting go.
The Madison artist, who works under the name Kelsey Raine, was drawn to watercolor because of its fluid, improvisational nature. As someone who describes herself as a perfectionist at times, she found the medium offered a way to embrace uncertainty and see value in imperfection.
“I originally took it as a form of therapy to ‘let go,’” Florek said. “I wanted to learn how to cherish imperfections more.”
Five years later, Florek has developed a body of work that uses watercolor’s natural unpredictability as part of the art itself. Her original paintings and giclee prints explore the relationship between humans and nature, often through figurative elements, wildlife and emotional themes such as beauty, fear and vulnerability.
Florek will be among the artists featured at the 64th Annual New Glarus Art in the Park this August.
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