Kaeti Bailie
Kaeti Bailie is an artist and the owner of Artifax International Gallery and Gifts and an American open water swimmer from Sonoma, California who swam across the Maui Channel on 27 August 1997 together with 61-year-old Bob West and 61-year-old Janet Lamott in 6 hours 20 minutes.
Artistic Style
My paintings are bright and colorful and painted in a somewhat impressionist style. I like to start with common objects such as a shoe, a figure, a postcard, or some other personal artifact and combine them in such a way as to make them appear extra-ordinary. I try to infuse my work with a sense of mystery, placing subjects in a relationship with their environment which is recognizable and even familiar yet not fully understood. I want the viewer to feel as though he is catching a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye ~ intriguing and a little elusive. I try to use the materials in a fresh and spontaneous way allowing color and line to dazzle the senses, drawing the eye and the imagination deeply into the painting.
