Featured Artist Kendra Stone
Collecting Art, take a look Artist Kendra Stone paints wildlife in moments of stillness, focused on observation and restraint. See more of her portfolio on her website. I paint wildlife as a practice of attention. I’m interested in presence — the moment when an animal becomes fully itself in stillness, vigilance, or rest. My work is grounded in observation and patience, allowing form and gesture to arrive rather than be imposed. Over time, I’ve come to trust restraint as much as detail, and to let the image carry its own weight. I work primarily in acrylic, building images through layered decisions rather than single statements. I’m attentive to structure first — bone, balance, weight — before allowing surface detail to develop. I tend to work close, returning to the same areas until the relationships feel resolved. The goal isn’t polish, but an image that feels considered, stable, and present. I didn’t come to painting through a childhood devotion to drawing and coloring. I spent p...