Kaylee Castillo

Kaylee Castillo is an emerging artist whose paintings are where emotion meets instinct. She blends realism, abstraction, and symbolism to explore how nature mirrors us... our chaos, our calm, and everything in between. Working mainly with acrylic and oil on canvas, Castillo lets each color move the way it wants to, capturing what feels true in the moment: a current thought, a memory, or the energy of a place she’s never been. It’s less about perfection and more about presence, because each piece is a small revolution against stillness. Growing up surrounded by art, she was first introduced to the beauty of texture and composition through her grandfather, a former muralist in Ecuador, who taught her to see the world as a living canvas. That early influence continues to shape her process today, where every brushstroke carries both curiosity and reverence, creating work that is at once intimate, vibrant, and alive.