ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kandice Cota, is a plein aire landscape and figurative painter whose talents were first discovered and encouraged at age six. Kandice is influenced by her kaleidoscopic life's experience and uses her perception of color and movement to transform the canvas into a captured living moment. Her use of light and color to personify the passion in her subjects exemplifies the mark of a true Impressionist. Her mastery of color, light, texture and perspective are the elements Kandice uses to create a sense of each vibrant and fulfilled moment she paints- Impressions.

BIO

Kandice Cota was born near Houston, Texas as Kandice Boyle, the fifth child of seven. She spent her school age years, moving every two to three, discovering new locales around the world. Her relocating homefront took her to Spain, Taiwan, Indonesia and several states across America. Her parent's appreciation of art and tours of the European museums and country sides inspired her passion for painting. By the time she was five, she was actively drawing figures and expressing her thoughts visually on paper. She began formal training in painting at age fourteen when she was painting the figure in professional studio classes. By age sixteen she was becoming adept at plein aire painting.

She spent her high school years in training for sculpture, drawing and painting with some very accomplished and classically trained artists. During this time, she also studied at Birmingham Art Association and the acclaimed Center for Creative Studies in Detroit to get a wider exposure to artistic styles and techniques.

After receiving numerous scholarships, she decided to study under partial scholarship at the University of Michigan School of Art in Ann Arbor. It was there that she studied under Chinese master painter Mignonette Cheng and honed her evolved Impressionist style. Cheng invited her to study in Florence and around the Tuscan villages of Italy. There Kandice spent many days in the museums and painting the vineyard lined countryside.