Ella Kuzyk has been making art from the moment she could jam her baby hands into a jar of paint, but started getting more focused once she moved to Bozeman, where she has found the most wonderful and supportive community to start putting her art into the world in a more meaningful way.

Ella’s art is in the experience and process, blending the memory, imagination, and place together. The landscape form remains mostly intact, while vibrant colors breathe joy and life into her work. Often, she will start a painting en plein air, or will create sketches to work from back in the studio. “When I’m painting, I usually start drawing based off reference, and then let loose with the colors, allowing my experience of the place to shine through.”

This gives her art a bit of a psychedelic edge and a unique sense of fluidity.

“We see the world through the eyes of imperfect beings.

We all perceive wavelength and color differently, register different frequencies of sound, interpret life and emotion in the context of our own experiences.

Each person is home to an entirely unique universe of their own. I’m so happy to share some of mine with you.”

In her free time, Ella loves to run, ski and bike… a bit of everything to inspire her artwork. She graduated from MSU last fall, and spent the first half of 2024 at an artist’s residency in Argentina. You can follow along with her adventures on Instagram @January.dreaming. For inquiries, commissions and murals, visit ellakuzykcreative.com