Kaziah paints with a palette knife, saving the brush for fine finishing. The subject matter of the painting determines how much brushwork she uses. Her studio is small and without clutter. In one corner of the room sits a giant easel, her paints and palette. The other side of the room is dominated by a comfortable-looking rope bed.
Pillows sit atop a beautiful hand-pieced quilt.
My second husband s second wife made it for me, she said with a laugh. The quilt I can live with, the wife I could not. It is from this bed that Kaziah brainstorms her paintings. Staring at a blank canvas on the easel, she brings up images in her mind and projects them onto it. While I m brainstorming, I m constantly bringing up new images.