KB’s Story
Kortney Beth is an award winning artist born and raised in Northern Nevada. Growing up with an artistic family, she has been exposed to the arts for as long as she can remember. Influenced at an early age by the beauty and serene expansive nature of the high desert and Sierras, she is able to see past the barren landscape and find the beauty of a desolate object that nature has passed over transforming it into a piece of beauty. Her artistic wonder was shaped by the elegance of dance, music, and performing arts that she experienced as a youth. With a unique eye for color, she creates energetic works of art. Her current creative body of work includes paintings and mixed media sculpture. Inspired from the energy of the living world she creates timeless works of art.
Kortney has received a formal education at Western Nevada College and Pacific Northwest College of Art where she explored many different mediums, such as, time arts, printmaking, and graphic design. Being open to different art forms has given Kortney a broad perspective on the arts allowing her to mix different art forms together to create new styles and unique works of art. She has designed many works of art and has sold and donated hundreds of originals.
Timeless Works of art inspired by the energy of the living world.
Building connection, inspiration, and motivation with the life we live and the energy that surrounds us!
From the artist:
I use many different mediums when creating art. This keeps my imagination inspired! The main materials I use for my creations are oil paint, acrylic paint, aerosol paint, and resin.
Creating mixed media sculptures using real animal bones is a way for me to celebrate the life they have lived. Nature is a wonderful thing. By preserving these wonderful creatures in this state, is a reminder that everything and everyone has a time. Never knowing when the life of something or someone you love will be forever missed. Death is a part of life, and we should celebrate the life of those who have passed.
All of my mixed media sculptures are made using real animal bones. I clean and process the bones myself, and never purposefully harm any animals for the making of my creations. All bones are found by friends, family, or myself out in nature where they passed away from natural causes.