Kyra Crawford, a Boston artist, started painting at Artists for Humanity at fourteen. She focuses primarily on abstract splatter. Kyra was attracted to this style after her mentor, Jameel, introduced her to abstract art. Painting helps her release her feelings at that moment into her pieces, making each one unique. She creates these pieces by using acrylic and water, poured into condiment bottles, and squeezed onto the canvas. To create different patterns, she moves, rotates, and tilts her pieces to create new patterns. Kyra’s goals are to continue to express herself through each painting and to gather people to experience new textures through her pieces. 

I create art to show the world my emotions. Rather my painting be dark or bright, my goal is to bring each vision to life. I use expressive colors to show my vibrant and loud personality which may be perceived negatively at first. My pieces portray inner beauty and life experiences.