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Now In: Artist Kalenze Kraft Biography
Kraft was raised on a cattle ranch in North Dakota and now lives in Wyoming, where some of her inspiration for her painting comes from. The romantic wilderness always attracted her, and her family was well steeped in the American West culture, promoting rodeos and team ropings. Kalenze's roots as an artist go deep and her stylized Western Americana paintings owe their penetrating realism to her rural upbringing.
Kraft originally was attracted to the light and form of architecture and studied Interior Design for a year before moving on to become a self-taught painter. Her influences range from C.M. Russell to Degas and Monet as her scenes capture the everyday moments on the western range.
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