ARTIST STATEMENT

Kerri Powers

Inspired by our natural surroundings, the new collection, “Oh, The Times,” reflects my passion for nature and a need to explore human connection and healing through the application and expression of organic shapes and color. My approach involves layering color over what manifests subconsciously — initial marks on the canvas as a navigational point. I’m addicted to the in-between, the magical space where anything is possible and discoverable. I want to bring joy and awareness through my work, hoping it serves as a reminder that we should never take for granted the gifts Mother Nature selflessly gives us. 

ARTIST BIO

Kerri Powers

ARTIST BIO

Kerri Powers

“Painting and writing one’s truth is the key to making a soulful connection. I paint what I feel and intuit through my experiences. I want to think my art reflects the beauty of our natural surroundings, as a reminder for us not to take for granted the many gifts Mother Nature has given us.”

Although a new name in the abstract art world, Kerri Powers is an established singer-songwriter who has toured throughout the United States and Europe for over twenty-five years. A self-taught artist and synesthete, her creative process involves a crossing of the senses. 

Kerri grew up surrounded by music and art. Her paternal grandmother played piano for silent movies, and her mother is an Impressionist painter. She spent a lot of time in her mother’s art studio as a child, drawing and painting. Powers received the Rosemary Corrigan McGrath Art Scholarship in 1985 and continued painting while pursuing a music career. She has exhibited her mixed-media paintings at the West Hartford and Newington libraries, Gallery on the Green in Canton, FVAC Student Exhibit, and the Hughes Gallery in Massachusetts. She has recently become a member of the Canton Artists Guild.

Recently, Kerri has been spending more time in her quiet Connecticut art studio, working on “Oh, The Times,” a new collection of mixed-media pieces that is climate and nature-conscious.

Powers may not be new to songwriting and music, but she’s an exciting new addition to the abstract-expressionist world.