Featured Artist Anna Kaszupski

Artist Anna Kaszupski shares a charming collection of whimsical paintings that celebrate women. Visit her website to view more of her art.

 

 

I will never forget my first “work” as an artist. I lived in Philly and was only three or four years old at the time. My medium was nail polish – on my mother’s favorite dresser! I remember her crying (after the anger, of course) but I couldn’t understand what I did wrong. After all, I was only having fun and making it pretty! After that, my parents always made sure I had plenty of paint and paper to keep me out of trouble.

 

 

I’m mostly self-taught, other than a few art classes in high school and one studio class in college. For me, art is something that you channel through inspiration, emotion, vision, and state of mind.

 

 

It’s not something one can teach. You can’t predict when it will happen, or control it when it does. You pretty much have to act on it when you feel it, before it disappears and you’ve lost the opportunity.

 

 

Creating also takes time. If I could paint as fast as a vision enters my mind, I’d have thousands of works in my collection. The walls of my house are already completely covered with my paintings. And I have a spare room filled with enough to cover the walls of another entire house.

 

 

I’m inspired by beauty—beautiful flowers, beautiful women—and vibrant colors. I use bold brush strokes in my paintings and love to use sharp black lines. When I look at my work, it needs to really pop and stand out. It’s not done until I love it. I will sometimes stop working on a piece for many months before I figure out what it needs for me to love it.

 

 

I recently teamed up with a company that prints my paintings on-demand for fans and followers alike. They also print my work on a variety of other mediums, like mugs, cell phone covers, puzzles, tote bags, greeting cards, yoga mats and more. Now people can own a piece of my art without breaking the bank.

 

 

My original dream as that little girl in Philly with that amazing bottle of nail polish was to be able to share my love of beauty and vibrant colors with everyone. It took a long time, and I’m happy to finally be doing it.

 

 

I have an endless number of design ideas in my head. I’m extremely excited about the future of my art career, and the opportunity to share it with you.

 

Anna Kaszupski invites you to follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

 

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