"Follow Your Light" by Kelly Coklan

Gouache and Acrylic on Archival Hot Press

12'' by 16''

Kelly uses a therapeutic intuitive process of painting that results in forms that often resemble abstract figures and landscapes. Although her artwork is unbounded by trying to achieve any specific forms, as it's purpose is to transmute energy and act as a form of flow-state-therapy. She is a life-long artist and also has a deep love of spirituality and psychology. She has her Bachelor's degree in psychology and counseling, which she uses as inspiration for her abstract work. Her art has been shown and sold in exhibitions in and around the Chicagoland area where she resides in the nearby suburbs. When she isn't immersed in creating or learning, she uses her deep empathy and passion for helping others working with children on the autism spectrum in the field of behavioral therapy.