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When it comes to hyper-realistic art, the wonderfully talented artist Kit King is a great example of what can be done when it comes to your creativity and ideas. King is a Bahamian Canadian artist who creates large-scale hyperrealist works. Her pieces are often shredded and rearranged to influence the ways in which they are perceived.

Given the chance, Bored Panda reached out to the artist.

“Both my parents were artists, so art is something I was raised with as a fundamental part of life. It’s more of a mind state—a way of being and seeing the world around you more than it is something that one does.

I don’t have any set thing that inspires me. I feel existence itself is an inspiration. Everything from the physical aspects of life, such as the way light hits something, to the metaphysical aspects of life, such as the human condition, inspires me. Often I like to pull elements from the tangible and intangible world and try to create a new space that combines them.

There is no shortage of inspiration. It engulfs me. Every day I feel the surge of inspiration and desire to create move through me. I don’t know life without this. Art is life. Or more so—life is art, and I’m just one tiny tendril of this.”

 

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Here's A Better Look At The Finished Oil Painting. No Filters, No Editing.
oil On #trekellartsupplies Wood Panel 20"X20" 🎨
anyone Have Name Suggestions For This Piece?
a Three Way Collaboration Painted By Myself, My Hubby @oda.paints And Our Student For The Month @coltstattoos

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is amazing! I'm kind of confused as to what that white stuff is, though.

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Details And Daylight
#oilpainting 🌞👐🎨

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Sharaban Roza
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First of all, this is soooooo sweet! Second, am I the first to comment on this? If I am that's cool

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🔴pastel On Paper.

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Realized The Hubs @oda.paints & I Never Posted The Final Photo Of This Painting We Did. So Here It Is...
'origins'
oil On Wood Panel By My Hubby And Me.
the Manipulation Of Lighting In This Piece Makes You Question The Directionality Of The Eye. Upside Right? Or Upside Down? It's Actually Upside Right...with My Eye Looking Down, And A Heavy Light Source Coming From Below, It's Gives The Illusion That The Eye Could Be Upside Down.
for Prints Of This Piece, Click The Link In My Bio, And Hit The "Prints" Tab.
thanks For Looking 👀

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A Little Sneak Peek To What You'll Find At Beinart Gallery Later This Year 🙊
the Hubs (@oda.paints) And I Have A Show Coming Up In November With The Talented @pammyw222

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disturbing, familiar, complex and amazing... and I haven't even started on the technical skill! I am so wounded by this image, my heart also rent apart, leaving me the only witness.

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#22

Soooo My Solo Works Ship Out Today... On Friday 13th 😧.... From Canada To Germany.
it’s Just Day Right? Like Any Other Day.. Right?
my Babies Are Totally Gonna Be Okay, And Arrive Alive, Right????
#notatimetobesuperstitious #fridaythe13th
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progress Shot Of One Of My Paintings For The Show. 👀 Oil On Linen.
#thedonkeysbelly

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#24

Oil On Linen 🎨

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#25

🎨paint Selfies.
#wip #oilonlinen

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#26

🎨🎨🎨
silver Oils And Liquid Mirror Make The Trickling Water Dance On The Linen When The Light Changes Or Your Position To The Painting Changes.
something In The Works For @scopeartshow With @artleadher And @azartgallery
pop By Booth F33 November 29th-December 4th To See It In Real.

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#27

My Painting For Montreal's @youn_gallery #artisanseries Exhibit.
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"Cold And Clear"
oil On Linen Wrapped Gallery Panel.

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Only A Few More Days Until The Opening Of My Solo Exhibit #dimensionalanalogue At @lastritesgallery In NYC.
email Info@lastritesgallery.com For A Pdf Of Available Works. (There's Only Six Left😳 #dontsnooze)
here's One Of The Available Paintings:
"Kinetic Brink"
oil On Linen 42"X62"
comes With Custom Maple Float Frame.

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#29

Space Is Occupied By An Internal Consciousness. We Are More Of Nothing Than We Are Of Something.
"There Is Vastly More Nothing Than Something. Roughly 74 Percent Of The Universe Is “Nothing,” Or What Physicists Call Dark Energy; 22 Percent Is Dark Matter, Particles We Cannot See. Only 4 Percent Is Baryonic Matter, The Stuff We Call Something. And Even Something Is Mostly Nothing. Atoms Overwhelmingly Consist Of Empty Space. Matter’s Solidity Is An Illusion Caused By The Electric Fields Created By Subatomic Particles."
'vacuity'
oil On Linen
42"X62"
available For Pre-Sale As Part Of My Upcoming Solo Exhibit #dimensionalanalogue Which Examines How We All Perceive Space In Different Measures. Opening At @lastritesgallery April 23rd.
👉🏼email Info@lastritesgallery.com For Purchase Information, & For An Exhibition Preview Pdf Of Other Available Works.
#feelingempty

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It reminds me of American Horror Story Cult in an episode near the end where Sarah Paulson had a nightmare that her trypophobia messed up and she saw sores on her neck and scratched at tyem until there were many big disgusting holes with bugs crawling out on her skin

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🔨 Cause And Effect In Reverse.
‘Reactive’ Panpastel On Drywall With Custom Steel Mount And Glass.
49” X 34.5” X 3.25”
2020

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Little Teaser Of What You'll Find At My Solo Exhibit 'Dimensional Analogue'
going Down April 23rd - May 8th At Last Rites Gallery, NYC
@lastritesgallery 😎🎨

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#37

⚪️ ⚪️ ⚪️ F L O A T I N G
oil And Acrylic On Clear Gessoed Linen.
catch This Painting At My Solo Show ‘The Donkeys Belly’ Opening Sept 28th At @galerie_benjamin_eck In Munich, Germany.
please Email The Gallery For Any Acquisition Deets. ✌️

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Aaaand The Final Painting Once Fully Assembled.
"Cori With An I'
oil On Linen, Cut Up And Riveted To An Aluminum And Steel Support.
56"X36.25"
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you Can See This Piece In Person At The @seattleartfair Beginning Of Next Month. Keep An Eye Out For The @youn_gallery Booth. Email Info@galerieyoun.com For Acquisition Info. 👍🏾
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big Thanks To My Stunning Husband @oda.paints For Being My Muse🖤

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#39

So This Drawing I've Been Working On Is Referenced From A Photo I Took Of My Kid Sister During A Fun Little Shoot We Did With Messy Hair And This Black Powdery Stripe Painted Across Her Eyes.... My Momma Said "She Looks Like A Homeless Wolf Child In Them" (Which I Love). So I Want To Name It Something To Reflect That. All I Can Think Of Are 'Moon Child' Or 'Wolf Child' In Some Fancy Language... Or Something With Feral Or Untamed.... Any Name Suggestions?

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The Full Piece. Swipe To See How The Face Emerges And Disappears When You Look At It From Opposing Sides, And Check Out All The Hidden Little Bits Found Throughout.
oil On Linen Riveted To Aluminum.
really Having Fun Exploring The Versatility Of Oil Painting As A Medium.
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i Paint The Piece First And Then Cut It Up.

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#42

Current #wip
#ohnonotnippies #strategicallyplacedbrush
#censoredforyoursafety
can We All Just Move Past Being Offended By Nipples In Artwork So I Can Stop Shitting Up My Paintings With Ridiculous Censoring?
#pleasestopreportingmyart #thesenippiesarentdangerous
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oils On Linen

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#43

When Your Friend Asks You For Hand Reference And You Decide To Take Creative License. 🌀😎👐🏽 #notatallwhatheaskedfor #toobadsucka
#mywristboneisontheunderside #brokeassbones

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"Our Little Secret"
oil On Linen Wrapped Panel.
painted By Myself (@kit_king) And My Husband @oda.paints For The 'Transfigure' Group Show At @lastritesgallery Aug 22nd- Oct 3rd.
this Piece Is Meant To Subsume The Duality Of Unsettlement And Allurement, Not Only Through Tones And Lighting, But With The Subject Matter. Having The Hands Being As Invasive As They Are, Can Suggest Multiple Stories. It Explores Sexual Concepts W/O Objectifying The Human Body. Exploring Sex Through The Soul.
whether The Person Looks At This Piece And Sees Something Unsettling, Or Sees Something Alluring Will Be Personal To That Individual...and Part Of The Title And The Secrecy Is Not Knowing Which Story The Artists Are Trying To Convey, And Jointly Which Story The Viewer Sees.
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i Realize I Have Quite A Few Younger Followers On Here, So Please Be Respectful Or You Will Be Blocked If Unable To Be Mature.
thank You.

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#46

Putting The Final Touches On This One Before It Gets Framed Up.

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#47

'perfectly Weird'
finished Drawing Of The Wonderful @yoursistersun
graphite & Charcoal On Canson Illustration Paper.
made Some Videos On How I Drew The Hair. Just Need To Figure Out How To Piece Them Together And Upload To Youtube 😅

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´download Failed’
a Fun Smaller Sized Piece For The @paintguide Exhibit Going Down At @thinkspace_art Next Month. Exploring Premeditative Process While Having Fun Playing With Materials- Experimenting Ways To Layer And Mix Media. Here’s The Result Of Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Oil Pencil, And Sakura Jelly With A Custom Hand Made Steel Frame That Hugs The Gessoed Oak Panel.
where It Looks As Though The Painting Is Reacting To The Contraints Of The Steel Frame, It Goes Against What We Understand Of Process. Causality Trip For Kicks.

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#sneakpeek To A Commissioned Painting @oda.paints And I Have Been Working.
we Have A Few New Pieces In The Works Right Now. #keepingbusy
oil On Wood Panel.
#trekellartsupplies

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