Kristen Longabaugh has always been known as "the Artist" growing up. Born in Chicago in 1983, she has lived in Southern California most of her life. She attended school at The University of Arizona in Tucson, and graduated with a BFA in Illustration in December of 2004. As an undergrad, she studied under the Illustrators, David Christiana and Ellen McMahon. In summer of 2007, she attended graduate art classes in Orvieto, Italy, under the same instructors.
Always a quiet girl, it was always in her nature to speak her mind through her drawings and paintings. It was this talent that would give her the freedom of expression in her personal life and her surroundings. Kristen engages the female perspective in an array of bold color and intimate gesture; the elegant, rhythmic beauty of nature vs. society; the sacred form of the human body, and the truth of its frailty. Oils, pastels, watercolor, and ink channel her exploration of the feminine form as a conceptual theme and personal identity. Whatever medium, Kristen enjoys seeing the thought process more than the finished piece, because that in the end will tell a story too. In art, its not always about the beginning or the end, but the emotions that takes us from point to point.
Kristen has had numerous works published since 2000. She had her first illustrated book, The Bat Who Wore Glasses, published in 2004 through GS Visionquest. She then discovered her true love for illustrating children's books, and is in the process of drawing another book. She currently works in Newport Beach, CA, where she works as an Illustrator/ Graphic Designer for a licensing company, where she has contributed art to over 14 children's books, 2 CD's, numerous gift products, and stationery.
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