Bussie Parker Kehoe

Instagram: @bussieparkerkehoe

Website: http://www.bussieparkerkehoe.com

Bio: "Bussie Parker Kehoe is a San Francisco-based mixed-media artist. Kehoe’s found object assemblages combine her need for creative exploration and her lifelong love of hunting for treasures among discarded everyday items. Kehoe studied printmaking and drawing at the University of Virginia, then put her art practice on pause while she practiced law, started a family, and taught art to preschool-aged children in Washington DC. After a couple of family moves, the need to create could not be contained any longer and Kehoe opened her first studio in 2017 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She now resides in San Francisco, CA with her family and works out of her Mission District studio.

Statement: "Currently, I pour old discarded house paint onto glass, let the paint dry, then sculpt with the resulting dried paint peel. I intentionally place each paint peel so that it connects to and supports the others surrounding it, which is directly related to my life experience of moving and searching for those connections and support. Sometimes, I stack and cut those paint peels, then assemble a “quilt” reminiscent of the Korean textiles that I grew up with. Other times, I coax the paint into organic patterns I see in nature. I love the lack of control when pouring paint juxtaposed with the meticulous placing of the dried paint peels. Chaos and order are inherent in this process. It reflects life, where you take what life throws at you and try to make sense of it.