I see life and nature as always becoming — evolving, transforming, unfolding, finding their way forward through forces both visible and unseen. My paintings are an attempt to bring something of that process into presence.

I turn to nature as my visual language because it reflects this same complexity — layered, ever-shifting, never fixed. Blending gestural brushwork and spontaneous marks with representational forms, my paintings inhabit the space between the tangible and the abstract.

My process is a continual push and pull, the same forces that shape life itself: layering, resisting, yielding, revealing. I create fragments — pieces of a larger, invisible order. Each painting holds a moment within that larger unfolding, where something is revealed and, briefly, known.

Biography

Kerry Schroeder is a contemporary mixed-media artist whose paintings explore the unseen rhythms and forces that move through the natural world. Working with acrylic, charcoal, crayon, and other materials, she uses Nature as a visual language—one that reflects the complexity, movement, and continual transformation of life.

Schroeder's process is intuitive and layered, allowing forms to emerge, dissolve, and reappear through the accumulation of gesture, texture, color, and erasure. Rather than depicting a particular place or moment, her paintings invite attention to what is beneath the surface: the subtle forces, connections, and rhythms through which life continually takes shape. The work holds a tension between what is revealed and what remains unresolved, creating space for a slower, more attentive way of seeing.

Schroeder received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Tulsa, with an emphasis in Art History. Her paintings have been exhibited and professionally represented by galleries and cultural centers throughout the United States, including Costello Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona; Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Seattle; Pryor Fine Art in Atlanta; and Arthouse in Austin, Texas. Her work has been featured in national art publications, including American Art Collector, and she was selected for inclusion in Top Emerging Artists of 2026.