Kristin's profile
I was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1971. When I was young, my family moved east to the Mid-Atlantic region, where I spent much of my childhood in the Washington, DC suburb of Bowie, Maryland. There, I was influenced by the art museums and architecture of the city, during family trips to DC. In my family home, I was inspired by a beautiful collection of art books and music. I noticed a connection between music and visual arts, but it wasn’t until much later that I realized that I had synesthesia. I see, in my mind’s eye, colors, shapes, and movements when I hear music and sounds, like my very own Fantasia.
At an early age, I struggled with academics, as a dyslexic/LD student, and I turned to the arts. Creative problem solving and imagination became my survival mechanism. I learned to compensate for my inability to read well.
In 1992 I attended Kutztown University, in Kutztown, Pa. There I studied painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, wood design and animation. In 1996 I earn a BFA degree with a concentration is painting.
In 1998, I took a hiatus from painting to raise a family. Since 2003, until recently, I worked as a long-term art substitute (K-12) in Baltimore County Public Schools. I resumed painting full time in 2016. Currently, I live in Timonium, Maryland and have a studio in Hampden, a neighborhood in Baltimore.
