Chanda Kraft
Alexandria, MN
Visual, Design
Workshops, Demonstrate, Serve as a Juror, Teach
Chanda Kraft, an Alexandria, MN visual artist, captures landscapes, florals, and wildlife in oil, watercolor, and drawing mediums. Her home studio overlooks Lake Carlos where she lives with her husband Philip and her two children. One of her earliest memories as an artist was as a child she had a favorite climbing tree where she would take her box of crayons up and draw pictures all over the bark of the tree as far as she could reach. She is an advocate for sustainability and wilderness conservation. Chanda holds degrees in graphic design, psychology, and Master’s of Arts in Teaching. She also enjoys teaching art workshops, outdoor activities with her family, fiber arts, pottery, and classical guitar.
A love for nature compels Chanda Kraft’s art. Exploring natural settings and creating art from those experiences are restorative practices that bring feelings of connection to the universe, reduce anxiety, and bring her immense joy. She works with oils, watercolor, or drawing mediums, and is inspired by the Dutch Golden Age, Hudson River School, and Naturalism art movements. Her work is a contribution to the growing collective of women’s wilderness experiences and brings awareness to conservation needs. Protecting the environment is crucial to preserve biodiversity, clean water and air, and undisturbed places for people to escape modern life’s demands now and for future generations.
