Escondido Public Library

 239 S. Kalmia St., Escondido, CA 92025

Artist:   K. Brooks Reid



Artist's Statement:  As an intuitive artist, I incorporate colored inks and acrylic paints to create nonrepresentative, flowing, balanced kaleidoscopes of bold colors, shapes, and forms, aiming for a dynamic visual rhythm. I navigate the fluid boundaries between the conscious and unconscious, using imagination and imaginative modifications of reality as both compass and guide. I am motivated by the desire to create a sense of mood and energy and to invite viewers to embark on their own perceptions and emotional journeys. Through the act of creation and contemplation I embrace spontaneity and discovery.

I intersperse my primary work with works of re-imagined hieroglyphs and works of art based on the beautiful art of the ancient Mayan civilization of Central America. The visual images I produce are decorative, but rooted in ancient works that carried layered meanings, often personal, often universal. Each piece becomes an exploration of what might lie beneath the surface, a narrative that invites the viewer to step into a reimagined space where the rules of our present world are gently suspended. My art, then, is both an act of liberation and transformation, a process of suggesting the hidden connections between imagination, reality, and the fabric of life itself