Santa Fe Artist: Katy Kidd

Inspired by her travels around the world, Katy Kidd introduces us to a new way of looking at objects that we tend to throw away or discard. The unique and colorful everyday items painted on layers of acetate give the pieces a subtle depth of field, and remind us that even the most mundane things can be beautiful.

These pieces and more will be showing through the month of November at elsa+sam.

My work is a social/environmental commentary on objects from our beauty obsessed, petroleum based, wasteful society. Ubiquitous Objects we label as “tacky”, “garbage”, “cast aways” or “environmentally harmful” are so prominent in developing countries and are considered useful timesavers, long lasting and in the case of the Jerry Can, a life saver.

Read more at KatyKidd.com.