Kristin Witbeck Lee

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, I grew up wandering the wilder edges of New England and the Seneca Territories of Western New York where my Seneca father was raised. Later I lived and studied in upstate New York and the quiet of rural Massachusetts. I now live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where the rolling farmlands and Susquehanna River inspire new Plein air adventures, and am developing an art and nature sanctuary in Litchfield County, CT. As Ganä:gah:is, "One Who Splashes Water,” a name given to me by my great-grandmother, my connection to my Haudenosaunee lineage runs deep, a living current that shapes my vision: I imagine water as a force of playful cleansing, constant movement, and profound transformation, mirroring life’s eternal flow.

Art, for me, is a sacred act, a bridge between the seen and unseen, where intuition meets the natural world. My Russian-trained and Steiner teachers taught me to observe not just the surface but the aliveness and soul beneath. I work with both poetry and painting, separate externally but in constant conversation, drawing from anthroposophical wisdom and the teachings of the Haudenosaunee, to create works that carry healing energy. Each piece invites you into a conscious encounter, a renewed won...

Connecticut College
Bennington College
Bridgeview School of Fine Arts

Houston Museum of Fine Art
Gandondagen Museum
Van der Plas Gallery
Lancaster Art Vault
MH Gallery/Rivertowns