Kay WalkingStick Quotes

United States, Artist
March 2, 1935

Kay WalkingStick is a Native American landscape artist and a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Her later landscape paintings, executed in oil paint on wood panels often include patterns based on American Indian rugs, pottery and other artifacts.

I expect art to make me scream, art to reveal soul.

Kay WalkingStick
- Expect
- Scream
- Reveal
Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on the world.

Kay WalkingStick
- World
- Painting
- Window

I expect of abstraction as much as what imagery does for me... to carry meaning.

Kay WalkingStick
- Doe
- Imagery
- Abstraction
It is important to know: 1) You are OK just the way you are. You need a strong stomach, a tough hide, and to be able to take rejection well. 2) Do your homework. Check out galleries. Don't just walk in with your work. Be as professional as you can. 3)... there is a gallery for everybody.

Kay WalkingStick
When in doubt, make a red painting.

Kay WalkingStick
- Doubt
- Painting
Avoid methodology. If what you're doing is about technique, that's not art.

Kay WalkingStick
Art has to be incredibly layered. Symbols, signifiers... layers that relate. Combine signifiers with more abstract notions. Push! Vary lines.

Kay WalkingStick
- Lines
- Abstract
- Notion
Collect stimulus, draw them. Focus, find out as much as you can. Stimulate yourself.

Kay WalkingStick
- Focus
- Research
- Draws

Don't be afraid of expressing what you really mean in your art, what you really feel. Say it visually, as strongly as you can. Push as far a reach as you can, then go all the way!

Kay WalkingStick
- Way
- Mean
- Really
Be of good cheer, miracles do happen.

Kay WalkingStick
- Happen
- Cheer
- Miracles