“Mango Radish” 16x16 ©Kristin Gibson at Surfhouse, Carolina Beach, NC

Food Drive to Benefit Nourish NC during the Opening Friday August 6

Hello and welcome! Kristin Gibson is a full time artist who lives and works in Carolina Beach, near Wilmington, NC. A prolific painter, and mother of two, Kristin creates spirited “alla prima” paintings and fabrics stirred from elements of daily life. Color and pattern inspire the lyrical qualities of her still lifes, seascapes and silk scarves. Shaped by the ebb and flow of a lifetime by the sea, as well as the salt air and water integral to her process, Kristin calls her backyard work space "Saltwater Studio".

Kristin is represented by fine art galleries: Spectrum Art & Jewelry in Wilmington, NC; City Art Gallery in Greenville, NC; Tyler White Gallery in Greensboro, NC; Artshak in Southport, NC; Woods Gallery on Bald Head Island; I. Pinckney Simons Gallery in Beaufort, SC –a Best Art Town in America! Also visit Le Soleil in Carolina Beach, NC. And farthest flung, newly represented by The Bradley Art Gallery in Stoughton, WI.

Artist Statement. Finding perpetual inspiration in the organic shapes and hues of fruits, flowers, vegetables & the sea, my works begin as drawings with my paintbrush. With bold immediacy and working entirely from life, lines in a layer of paint jump-start a fluent process of color into color, wet paint into wet paint. Truth is, I paint the way I cook – not afraid to mix a little of this, with a little of that. Mixing flavors, mixing colors, open to the unexpected and the intuitive that the process brings forth.

Thank you for your interest in my work! I invite you to visit galleries that represent me.

Kristin Gibson, North Carolina Artist

BFA East Carolina University School of Art, Greenville NC

“It's so exciting to see the real thing-- such a vibrant presence compared with photos! The little touches of unexpected color and thick brush strokes are just what I wanted, and the way Kristin divides her background into sections of different colors and texture is very interesting.”

                                                                                             – a collector in Chicago

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