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Kira Fercho was born in 1979 and grew up in small towns throughout the West. The mystery of color and nature has intrigued Kira since childhood. Her works can be described as both impressionistic and expressionistic and are strongly influenced by both the Russian Impressionists and Western Tonal painters. Kira has taken college art classes in Missoula and Billings, MT, as well as Scottsdale Arizona at The Scottsdale Art School. In addition, she has worked alongside fellow artists Loren Entz, Rusti Warner, Robert Moore, and Troy Collins. Currently, Kira is finishing a Master’s of Mental Health and Rehabilitation degree while working as both a painter and teen counselor in Billings, MT.Kira works out of her studio in the historic district of Billings, Montana. She has collections at The Morrison and Forrester in San Francisco and The Billings Clinic’s Healing Art Environment in Billings, MT. Kira has shown at The Chelsea Galleria in Ft. Lauderdale, FI; The Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT; The Depot Gallery in Red Lodge, MT; The Spirit Horse Gallery in Red Lodge, MT; The Jerico Fine Art Gallery in Cody, WY; The Northcutt Steele Gallery in Billings, MT; and The Frame Hut and Gallery in Billings, MT. Her works have entered the private collection of country singer/songwriter/actor Dwight Yoakam and have been a feature on Extreme Home Makeover Edition, Billings.”I paint with intensity and passion. I never mind taking a risk. I enjoy works that are both academic and painterly. I enjoy bringing the viewer in and pushing them another direction through movement, vivid color, brush stroke, and image. It is more important for me to express how something or somewhere feels than what it necessarily looks like. I enjoy the relationships and the passages that push both your eyes and mind to another place. When a person walks into a gallery and sees a piece of my work from fifty feet away, they know that it is mine”. |
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