About Kristin Gustafson
Kristin Gustafson’s lifelong passion to express herself as an artist
has led her down many paths. Her passion began in her home state,
Minnesota, then on to the Virgin Islands, the tropical paradise which
she likes to remember as her “thawing out and learning to chill out”
time of life, to her current paradise, Southwest Florida, where the
flora, fauna and beaches inspire her daily.
Sojourn highlights include her own art boutique at Mt. Top,
overlooking Magen’s Bay in St. Thomas, in the mid eighties. For over
twenty years she had enjoyed exploring and mastering batik, a
centuries old Javanese craft, which entails painting on natural
fabrics with melted beeswax and cold-water dyes. Using this ancient
technique she filled her boutique with hand-painted and batiked
clothing from hats to bustier to silk scarves and tropical bird and
flower batik paintings. All inspired by her love of the Caribbean
and the tropical foliage she traded for Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes and
pine forests.
After her move back to the states in the late eighties, Kristin
wholesaled her wearable art line to upscale boutiques. During this time
she batiked a series of tropical women in tribute to her years in
the Caribbean. This “Beach Babes” series was contracted to a resort
clothing company for imprinting on their apparel and marketed
internationally.
As an animal-rights activist and a concerned environmentalist
Kristin now draws upon her academic background and training to
return to fine art painting. Her most recent series, We Are All
Connected, reflects this philosophy.
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CONTACT
Kristin Gustafson
6130 Turnbury Park Dr. #8204
Sarasota, FL 34243
kristindesigns@hotmail.com
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ARTICLES & PRESS
Sarasota
Magazine Designer's Notebook 2004
Style
Magazine October 2003
Cover of Venice
Gulf Coast Living Magazine March 2002 (available as an
archival print)
Cover of Venice
Gulf Coast Living Magazine December 2001 (available as an
archival print)
Sarasota Herald Tribune August 2001
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