The art gallery, “Pulse”, is an “exploration of nature through reoccurring forms, unpredictability, and processes. We approach our work intuitively and seek out what excites us”. This previous statement was provided by the artists; Henela Bae, Jamie Vilatoro, Megan Kinney, and Dianna Franco whose work makes up the gallery.
I was given the opportunity to interview artist, Megan Kinney, who is a Michigan native. When she was fifteen, her and her family moved to 29 palms; this is where she drew the majority of her inspiration for her art pieces. She draws a lot of inspiration from texture. She likes “woods and trees and rock formations especially in Joshua Tree”. Megan claims that her whole life, she has enjoyed art and would not want to do anything else. Even from a young age, her “parents always knew [she] was going to be an artist”. For most of her pieces, she starts out with colaging and and drawing before she actually starts the paintings. She went on to say that she spends more time studying the art piece than actually painting it.
The above piece pictured was done by Megan Kinney which represents nature with the female form. The piece was inspired by her own “personal experience influenced with body image like how we are hiding who we really are within something else”.
Emma Madsen 