KRISTEN ALEIDA
NEW collaborative card box set - “the Pretty Project box” with Sarah Sue Design, all proceeds going to West Central Womens Resource Centre.
“...so that all folks can feel seen, heard and can share messages that are authentic and meaningful with their loved ones.”
Kristen Aleida is a small creative business located on Treaty 1 Territory, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Featured products include whimsical watercolour designs and hand scripted words, available on high quality and locally printed cards and art prints. Works are inspired by botanicals, hands, moons, and poetry. The intent behind Kristen’s artwork is to facilitate healing, connect community, and honour the natural word.
“Works are inspired by botanicals, hands, moons, and poetry.”
My love relationship with watercolours began in 2015 as a reprieve for my heart and mind, and as a way to process the world around me. This relationship has grown into a restorative and nurturing relationship that has led me down many paths and allowed me to connect with community in some of my most treasured ways.
The inspiration for my work has always been drawn from the natural world, which is reflected in the botanicals and moons featured in my paintings. My fascination with bold and beautiful words found in the books of my favourite poets has also been a source of motivation and led me to discover my own style of brushscript. My most recent creative venture has been pairing my painted imagery with words that I have written myself, which is a terrifying and exhilarating process.
The purpose of engaging in the business side of my art is to share little pieces of the healing and connection that I found in the creating process. I work with intention to fill the large gaps of card and print options, so that all folks can feel seen, heard and can share messages that are authentic and meaningful with their loved ones. I want to stock shelves with works that are empowering and fan a flame for the people who engage with my art. I am a community worker as well as a painter, and will always work to find ways to facilitate art in a way that benefits others, whether that is offering free workshops to groups or redistributing sales towards good work being done in my city.
Kristen Aleida Wiltshire - Artist