My name is Kailey Bree. I create as an excuse to draw wolves.
My practice evolved from an exploration of creatures and fantasy to an incessant curiosity for all things naturally designed. I spend my research time going on podcast benders, reading field guides, and going on hyperfocus marathons of Wikipedia articles. My recreational quality time is spent hiking, observing, and camping, all while exploring the wide range of emotions and ideas that the natural world inspires. I'm always trying to pick up on the ways human or natural design has affected my surroundings. Studying biodiversity crafts personified stories that are relatable as a human being: humour, conflict, relationships, and mortality, while highlighting matters of both the natural and unnatural world. I also watch a lot of hockey, so thats cool too.
Being raised on Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo and Sonic the Hedgehog, I have inherited a strong illustrative style and passion for visual learning and storytelling. As a graphic designer and major loose-leaf doodler, I often simplify designs through negative space and measured forms. I am inspired by spiritual-natural tattoo artist Pony Reinhardt, art-and-crafts daughter May Morris, animalistic paper sculpturists Diana Beltrán Herrera and Raya Sader Bujana, and swiss grit designer Chris Ashworth.
3rd Year Graphic Design at AUArts.
I am currently apprenticing under Saga Anderson at Blue Mountain Tattoo in Cochrane, Alberta.