On Exhibit in Taproot’s Kendall Center Lobby

“I’m an intuitive artist who paints from imagination or stored observations. Starting with movement and the joy of simply making marks, a window quickly opens to a space I haven’t seen before, and I follow that vision. This new space feels so real that I soon feel I’m painting from observation. Invisible environments take visible form to be wondered at later.”

—Kevin Cosley

Seattle artist Kevin Cosley grew up in the Pacific Northwest and has been an artist for as long as he can remember. His curiosity and innate sense of discovery have led him through many adventures that have informed his art-making process. With a masterful hand, Kevin moves the paint with a variety of tools, creating three-dimensional worlds on flat surfaces. They are at once organic—perhaps a coral reef or a dense forest in spring—and, in another moment, untethered shapes in the ether. His color choices are as intuitive as his forms. They are joyous and hopeful in their intensity and saturation. They illuminate from within, creating an emotional experience that can hardly be defined.