Welcome to StrangeFamiliar,
the online art portfolio of Kris Swenson.
Kris Swenson is a visual artist & graphic
designer based in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Metroplex. She
is an experienced visual artist, graphic designer, musician
(vocalist),
photographer & digital media artist.
As a visual artist, her unique approach to a wide
variety of subjects ranges from realism and still life to
blurred & distorted abstract images. She puts her own
perspective onto any
subject matter, with the intent of creating dynamic &
provocative pieces.
As a graphic designer, Kris provides designs
that display an artistic and unique flavor, yet exhibit
timeless versatility.
This site contains Kris’s personal gallery of work, as well as information on
the many services that Kris offers on a contractual and
freelance basis, such as web design, commercial advertising, CD
artwork, photography and much more. See
Services.
Thanks for visiting!
Find Kris on Myspace -
http://www.myspace.com/krisswenson
Press:
03.25.09 - Winner of KERA's Art&Seek Flickr Weekly Photo Contest:
Art&Seek
Flickr Pool Weekly Photo Contest Week of March 25th (by Stephen Becker) .
03.05.09 - KERA's Art&Seek.org Interview (by Stephen Becker):
ArtandSeek.org Q&A feature for the week of March 5th.
03.01.09 - Star Telegram Interview:
Star Telegram interview - "Arlington artist Kris Swenson uses a wide palette".
02.20.09 - UTA
Publication:
"Kristin Swenson ... is also an accomplished artist. She has
been selected to show her work at the new Art: Raw
Gallery, which opened Feb. 19, in New York City.
Swenson ‘s well-received piece “On a Personal Note” is on
display through March 28 at the Art Hotel
Gallery in Dallas. She will be a participant in the very
last show in Fort Worth's historic Firehouse Art Gallery, which
runs from Saturday to Saturday, Feb. 28."
02.16.09:
Kris Swenson featured on ArtDaily.org!
'The First Art
Newspaper on the Net.' Est. 1996. //
View article here //
Artist
Statement:
"Photography, Digital Compositing, Graphic Design, Assemblage/Found Art, Multimedia Assemblage, Painting, Drawing and Video Filming/Post-Production Multimedia are the primary tools in my working palette.
If something is unique or unusual, I will most likely embrace and explore it. Contrast and diversity are very important in my work - most pieces touch on both digital and organic elements. My approach to art is to create vulnerable and raw works, with the intention of inviting the viewer to develop impressions using their own perspective.
Having worked in visual art and other artistic mediums (Music, Writing, etc.) for over 17 years, I love what I do and completely surender myself to it - anything artistic is exciting to me, and can at times be just as important as breathing - it has always been that way & I enjoy every minute of creating and being expressive.
Earth elements in contrast to digital elements are recurring themes in my work. Fire plays a large role, whether it is digitized or maybe a piece of paper has been burned and used in an art piece. The alchemy and magic of creating and combining
mediums/processes to see what happens and using the output is definitely the magical part.”
xo,
Kris.
