I love observing, learning and wondering about wildlife of all kinds. I’m especially interested in human-animal similarities and connections. What does it feel like to be a bighorn sheep, a chipmunk, a bumblebee? I’m also drawn to botanical-inspired surface patterns, which can suggest human's separateness from nature as well as our longing to be one with it. My most visceral love is for flowers. Spending time looking at them closely floods me with peace and wonder. Their symbolism is central to my world view that life is beautiful largely because it is so fleeting. Conceptually I am interested in the garden as a bridge between the human and natural worlds.
—Kaetlyn Able
Kaetlyn Able grew up in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. She holds a BA in Studio Art from Wellesley College and an MFA from the Museum School, Boston, in affiliation with Tufts University. In 2011 she moved to Montana with her young family. She has exhibited her work throughout New England, New York, Montana and Washington. Today she draws and paints full time from her home studio in Bozeman.