A Little Bit About Honey and Tea

Welcome to Honey & Tea Arts! I am an artist who loves all art, and I think artistry is what makes life beautiful. Robin Williams said in the Dead Poet’s Society, “medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for,” and that pretty much sums it up.

I believe that art in all forms adds beauty to life and enriches us as individuals. I also believe everyone can be an artist, though maybe not in the same medium, and so much of life’s richest passions come by finding the brush stroke that suits you best, whether that be cooking, organizing, creating, parenting, accounting, or anything else done intentionally.

My personal goal as an artist is to encourage hope that life still holds light amidst the darkness and to remind people of the moments that they forget or let go too quickly: the beautiful moments, and the simple ones. My desire to sow hope stems from my faith, but my art is rarely overtly religious as beauty speaks on its own. It does not need to be overt for it to be sacred (though that can be beautiful too). I respect and welcome all viewpoints and I hope everyone can feel encouraged by the art I make, regardless of what they believe.

What I am most excited about though, is that I plan on starting a poetry-focused blog soon! The first subscription email should be released Friday the 22nd. I want my blog emails to be life-giving and refreshing, not just junk filling your inbox so I will try to keep it to a poem, any newly finished art (and maybe some exclusive promo codes), and any pressing news. Anyway, I can’t wait to share it with you, but feel free to subscribe, enjoy my visual arts, and explore the site.

Thanks!

-Kaylyn Gottfried

We’ve been working really hard gathering content and making a website for Honey and Tea Arts and it’s launching tomorrow! I think I’m most excited about the poetry blog I’ll be sending out through it as well as the store. I hope you guys like it!

Deep Calls to Deep Acrylic Painting soon to be available as a print! This is a deeply sentimental piece for me, and even deeply spiritual. It is one of the few pieces I have done where God spoke to me through the art itself. I was grappling with the shallowness of my culture and social life, and struggling to not be consumed in it. I ended up writing this poem right after painting to accompany the piece, and though it’s more vulnerable to share than I usually like, I hope it is cathartic for someone who struggles with the same anger. I think beaches are a paradox for me a lot, the shallowness of looking physically “good” while standing next to an ocean that naturally prompts depth if you take time to even just look at it. “Deep Calls to Deep” You said deep calls to deep, And the roar of your ocean breaks over me. You call to the waterfall hidden beneath, The kiddie pool I swim in when I fear I can’t breathe. Mirrors shatter under the weight of my gaze, I listen too well to shallow praise. Visual appraisals of value deface What you told me and told me and told me you made. But deep calls to deep, And deep you’ve made me. Standing on the beach within the tides reach, “Remember my daughter in the midst of the storm, who you are, you are mine, so much more your form”. Thanks for listening.

Be on the lookout for more content coming soon!

~Lost~ “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more. From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the universe, and feel What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal” -Lord Byron This is one of my rougher sketches, but also one that I feel the most. Selling prints :) Dm me for prices or just to chat art! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #art #artist #lordbyron #poetry #ocean #lighthouse #beach

~Blue~ I admit I started this sketch in my notes during a Philosophy of Human Nature class. Something about the eyes being the window to the soul-about how we are holistic and more than just the sum of our parts-resonated with me. I love that when we look at people’s eyes we are faced with the fact that people are more underneath the surface of what we see, even the people we don’t like (maybe especially them). Selling prints :) dm me for prices or just to chat art ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #art #prints #philosophy #procreate #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #artwork

~Kindred Spirits~ “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find there are so many of them in the world” -Anne of Green Gables This illustration was inspired in half by Anne Shirley, and in half by my friend Eliza, thanks for modeling my art ❤️ @elizabutler7 Selling prints! DM me for prices or just to chat art :) Digital print copy also available ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #art #artwork #sale #prints #kindredspirits #anneofgreengables #drawing #illustration

~The Gardener~ I made this piece during a season of growth in college. I was never a flowers girl, but I slowly started to fall in love with all growing things as I transitioned to higher ed. I started to realize that most of my favorite people were the ones that held life softly, and invested in growing things, both plants, and people. A picture of the hands of a man weathered by life, but still holding the world softly began to form in my mind and this work is it’s culmination. It’s one of my favorites and I’m excited to finally get the chance to show and sell it. 8x10 print, frame not included DM me for prices and shipping information or just to chat art :) Sale of digital print copy available ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #artwork #prints #flowers #gardener

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