Guided by a deep connection to nature, artist Kristy Gammill draws inspiration from the vibrant shapes, textures, and colors that surround her. Her goal is to elevate every space she influences, rooted in the belief that the environment itself is a form of art. This philosophy comes to life in her canvases, where she captures the organic, ever-changing essence of the natural world. Through dynamic movement and expressive strokes, Kristy invites viewers to immerse themselves in the stories her art conveys.
Kristy’s large, fearless floral paintings—full of muscular, exuberant brushwork, yet controlled in their range of chroma—veer into both abstraction and representation.
Naples-based painter Kristy Gammill is known for creating atmospheric paintings that often involve staining large raw canvases with earthy colors, recalling travels to the desert as well as sandy, muted tones reminiscent of the beach nearby her home. She also paints muscular abstracts, botanicals and figurative portraits with the limbs and faces partly hidden or portrayed close up. Imagine mixing the mid-century heft of Helen Frankenthaler with the folded figures of Christina Quarles.
The artist shows at numerous local galleries and works closely with designers to provide art for specific projects. Last year, Gammill was commissioned by CID Design Group to create a large, stained canvas for a renovation project at OneEleven Chicago in the city’s downtown area. More recently her work “Origin Point” was installed in the Artem Apartments in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. In years past, her work has also been licensed by Burton Snowboards, Hallmark, and One Kings Lane.
Kristy intentionally engages with other painters and travels to museums worldwide to see where contemporary art—particularly by women—is headed, and to find her place in the conversation. As a result, her work is moodier and quieter, as she turns inward to work through some of her own hard history and finds a form of therapeutic catharsis in her studio
Collabs - Select Projects
CID DESIGN GROUP. BRICK & BRUSH. LUXE INTERIORS. GULF SHORES. BDNY. KG PRINTS.