Midnight Lush No. 16 Painting

Kaylee Dalton lives in Elkhart, Indiana and graduated with a degree in fine art and painting from Ball State University. She went on to study with the late Walter Darby Bannard under a full-scholarship for a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. She has shown her work throughout in the country, including Art Basel Miami and ArtPrize. Kaylee was chosen from hundreds as one of the 2017 and 2018 Hoosier Women Artists honored by the Indiana Statehouse. Her work is in the nationally and internationally recognized art publications, Studio Visit Magazine, CreativPaper and Create! Magazine. Kaylee Dalton’s award-winning work is in private and public collections, including the Anderson Museum of Art and the University of Notre Dame. I focus on the fascinating consistency of new plant growth and the expressive characteristics natural forms exude. I am curiously inspired by the ambiguous world beneath the soil of tangled roots, bulb and earthly formations. Beginning with an encaustic monotype, I collage parts of hand-painted papers, ink drawings and occasional textiles, creating a whimsical interpretation of lush, abstract landscapes. I strive for strong textural differences reflective of the various surfaces found in nature.