Featured Artist: Katie Ruiz

Visual

May 23

Written By Shenyah Webb

Fly into the charcoal night, then into the balloon of day.

Dead Bird (lithograph)

Dead Bird 2 (charcoal on paper)

Dead Bird With Balloon Girl (lithograph)

Open Heart (varnish and graphite on paper)

Bird Landscape (varnish and graphite on paper)

Crotch (graphite on paper)

Feed the Birds (oil paint and varnish on canvas)

The Feeding (oil paint on canvas)

Looking for You (oil paint on masonite)

After the Flood (oil paint on masonite)

Rebirth (oil paint on masonite)

Oatman (oil paint on masonite)

Katie Ruiz is a Chicana artist who resides in New York City. She was raised in Northern Arizona and Southern California. She loves to use colors, figures, and symbols to express her understanding of the world through paint. Ruiz wants people to feel when they look at her art. She wants their hearts to beat fast and she wants them to feel Inspired to be passionate in whatever they do. Visit her official site here.

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Shenyah Webb

Shenyah Webb is a Portland-based visual artist and musician. She has been with NAILED Magazine since its inception in 2012 and has served as the Arts Editor and a Contributing Editor since its launch in 2013. A Detroit native, she attended The College for Creative Studies, where she focused on Fine Art and Industrial Design. She is currently enrolled in a Somatic Expressive Arts Education and Therapy training program, studying under Lanie Bergin. You can learn more about Shenyah here. (Shenyah.com)

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