Kayla TRAXel

  • a painting that has been cut into 4 strips, each a different color, and sewn back together. the subject painted is 2 people hugging.

    Holding Pattern

  • A Dog With No Name

    A Dog With No Name

  • A painted pink girl is turned over her left shoulder, looking back towards the viewer. Her hair is a blue bob. She has embroidered ribbon as the straps of a garment. the sides are embroidered in blue thread, connecting a canvas frame.

    In Passing

  • A blue Heron is painted onto a canvas, soaring to the left as if he is above your head. there are embroidered edges and a seprate eye in an embroidered box on teh left upper corner. It is a close up of a heron's eye.

    Second Migration

  • Paintings available and for sale. Original watercolor portraits. Modern mixed media art. colorful contemporary watercolor portrait of a girl.

    The Seamstress

  • The Glider title is in reference to the large dragonfly centered belly down on the canvas. It is the subject of the paitning. It is hovering over blue foliage painted onto the canvas.

    The Glider

Exhibits & Events

  • The Economy of Attention is in Forum Magazine Vol. 28

    • Published May 2026

    • Found at various bookstores, arts organizations, galleries, and coffeeshops in the KC Metro for $2

  • Showing in Jerry’s studio above Leedy Volkus.

    • Aug 7, 5-8

    • Sept 4, 5-8

    • 2016 Baltimore, Studio 306, KCMO

  • Solo showing of 14 works in Parasi’s Union Station location. Works are foudnin the back seating area.

    • Aug 17th - Nov 16th

    • 30 W Pershing Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108

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Double Late Tulip (Tulipa), 2026 Watercolor, thread This flower is from Golden, Colorado, in the spring of 2021. It was growing along a fence near a new construction site. It was perfect. It was beautiful. It is still a precious encounter for me.
I have 14 pieces in Parasi - Union Station:) come check em out!!!
This August marks two years 😌 And my last year at my first studio. Reflections on the past year make me laugh. I was trying to figure out how to do it all because I’m very good at jumping in. I wanted to try everything and somehow understand
The Yield, 2026 Watercolor with Thread Working on skin tone, sewing objects, composition, and looser gestures #kansascityartist #watercolorpainting #mixedmedia #sewing #contemporaryart
Here it is! My first article in a magazine 🤸 Little Kayla was a consistent B+ English student and my friends still decipher my hieroglyphic texts but when I inherited my grandpa’s typewriter, I figured “why not try?”. I’ve w
Celestial Miniatures: Opal, 2026 I decided to zoom in instead of out and painted an Australian Black Opal. Not as celestial but still atmospheric.

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