By
Kit Collins
Piece description from the artist
The 2023 wildflower superbloom in California coincided with a moment of obsession with patchwork and quilting in my creative practice. Unwilling to put this composition idea on hold until I learned how to quilt, I chose to depict 24 thumbnail sketches – each a close up on a different photographic view of the superbloom – in a digitally illustrated patchwork. My hope was for the result to leave the viewer with an abstract impression of the shapes and colors of this scenery.
Kit Collins (she/her) is a public artist, muralist and illustrator. Since 2018, Kit has painted more than 40 murals, including more than 25 public art commissions for communities across the Northeast.
In between commissions, Kit enjoys developing new mural concepts, writing, and working with illustration clients, which have included Brooks Running, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Charles River Regional Chamber.
Kit loves opportunities to combine her two passions of community organizing and public artmaking, and is always on the lookout for opportunities to fold meaningful public participation and community engagement into her projects and commissions. She recently completed her second term of office as a City Councilor for Medford, MA, during which she served as its Vice President.
Kit originally hails from upstate New York. She graduated from Tufts University (Medford, MA) in 2015 with a B.A. in Peace & Justice Studies. Kit is currently based in Ann Arbor, MI and will travel anywhere for a good mural wall.
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