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I am an artist and aspiring writer who enjoys making works about nature and life, often with abstract, dark fantasy or horror elements.

About

K.A. Wesly is an artist that currently resides in Starkville, MS and is studying art and philosophy. He mainly does traditional graphite works with digital drawing used for further details afterwards.

He is an artist who enjoys making works about nature and life, often with fantasy, dark fantasy and horror elements added in. He has thought about deeper or dark topics ever since he was little, with influences coming from the media and stories he grew up with.

His ongoing learning about philosophy and philosophical topics bring further inspiration for his work.

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Portfolio

  • EDUCATION
    BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (B.F.A.) IN DRAWING CANDIDATE

  • — Mississippi State University
    Mississippi State, MS

  • GROUP EXHIBITIONS
    2023 Mostra di Fantasia (Fantastical
                Exhibit)    , Starkville Area Arts Council,
              Starkville, MS
             The Spooktober Collective:
               Halloween and Horror Art    , The Dark
             Parlor, York, PA
             AiPP 2023 Winter Showcase, Starkville          Area Arts Council, Starkville, MS
             GROTA Visions, Groundworks, Tucson, AZ


  • AWARDS AND GRANTS
    2023 Honorable Mention Award, Teravarna
              8th Open International Competition
              Talent Award, Teravarna 10th           Abstract International Competition

  • Focus

    The exit seems far away, yet it's close.

  • You don't know where the path starts, yet it seems simple.

  • You try to follow a path there, but there's a lot of dead ends.

  • Part of the path seems to end at the exit, but the start of it is hidden.

  • This is how trying to focus often is with ADHD.

Artist Statement


K.A. Wesly creates works that explore life and nature. Through his drawings, he intend to take the viewer on a visual journey that highlight both the subtle and detailed aspects of existence.

As a child, he was often described as sensitive, a tree hugger, a walking animal encyclopedia inquisitive, and a daydreamer. He always expressed these traits by making up stories and scenarios, drawing pictures and creating and coming up with new characters and animals. These would almost always have a topic related to nature or how people think.

Though, often times these may have had an aspect of fear, due to Wesly sometimes finding how people interacted with the world and his own actions to be confusing or hurtful.


With that, Wesly plans to explore different philosophies from nature, and sometimes humanity's place in it, using elements of surrealism in some works, and fantasy or horror in others to create a captivating environment.