Kirsten is a fine artist who works across a wide range of mediums. Her work often focuses on the body in soft chalk pastels.

She has a passion for the macabre and the uncanny, and making work that leaves an impression on the viewer.

Since leaving University she has continued to work on her signature style.

She teaches group and private classes throughout Bedfordshire and is available for commissions of pet & people portraits.

Featured on this site are examples of commissioned art and also her own personal work created using two complementary topics delving into hidden aspects of our bodies:

Carnival & The Grotesque 

Russian literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin dual-sided theory of The Carnival & the Grotesque Body questions our notions of utopia and dystopia. It focuses on primal human desires, excess, gluttony and lust but doesn’t shy from the other end of the spectrum: death and disease. We as a society find lots of things about our bodies ‘gross’ or ‘unpleasant’ and therefore keep a whole area of ourselves hidden away.

Perfection                                                                                                                       

We are a world obsessed with appearances. This body of work was created after researching Victorian Freak Shows. Even though in modern-day society we no longer objectify unusual bodies for entertainment, we are still constantly faced with an unachievable standard of beauty that leaves little room for bodies that don't fit this ideal.