Kayla Barker Fine Art | Kayla Barker
Artist Name:
Kayla Barker
Description of Artwork:
My work is an expression of how I view the world. Small glimpses captured on film and forever documented in how they existed in that present time. Preserving a little piece of history through my lens, I work with film cameras, old and new, to photograph places and details that move me. Through my work, I let the past continue to live on and evoke emotions in the viewer.
In my desire to preserve these memories, even more, I use encaustic wax to preserve my photographs and other found items. Encaustic wax medium is an old form of painting and preserving and I use it to fuse together my realistic view of the world and parts of my imagination. I layer and distort the wax to bring texture, depth, and feeling to my photographs and art. My desire is to take something that is flat and breathe life back into it through texture.
“Just like life, my work is messy, imperfect and sometimes distorted, foggy and unclear, but that is what makes it real.”
Artist Biography:
Kayla Barker is an award-winning and published film photographer based in Midland, Texas that travels around the world for her commissioned work. Kayla uses film cameras, old and new, that range from $40 to
$4,000 as her medium to photograph places and details that inspire her. Kayla especially loves the
nostalgic look of film for her work.
Her fine art film photography is available for purchase as signed limited edition fine art prints on museum-quality fine art Hahnemule photo rag paper. Each print is signed and numbered by Kayla Barker and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Kayla also offers her photography as wax-infused photographs which are encapsulated with a mixture of hot beeswax and tree sap and enhanced with oil paint. This process, known as encaustic, is one of the oldest forms of painting. Kayla uses encaustic to fuse together her realistic view of the world and parts of her imagination. She layers and distorts the wax to bring texture, depth, and feeling to her photographs and art.
Small glimpses captured on film and forever documented in how they existed at that time, Kayla’s artwork is an expression of how she views the world. Through her work, she lets the past continue to live on and evoke emotions in the present.