Charleston Living Magazine Nov-Dec 2021
We end the year with a bang - festive holiday tablescapes to help set the table for entertaining, and holiday fashion for the latest trends in what to wear this season. We also showcase our top picks for dining over the holidays.
We end the year with a bang - festive holiday tablescapes to help set the table for entertaining, and holiday fashion for the latest trends in what to wear this season. We also showcase our top picks for dining over the holidays.
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at the South Carolina State Fair during<br />
grade school. My school and other commercial<br />
establishments also used my artwork<br />
for branding in high school. Those moments<br />
encouraged me to continue studying art, and<br />
I took classes at the College of <strong>Charleston</strong><br />
and later the Corcoran School of Arts and<br />
Design at George Washington University in<br />
Washington, DC.”<br />
While her true passion continues to be<br />
art, Kvasnicka still maintains a day job in the<br />
corporate world. Still, she is determined to<br />
show her son that dreams are possible—and<br />
so she pursues her career as an artist, not<br />
only selling paintings at galleries but also doing<br />
commissioned work, including a recent<br />
baby nursery. “As a parent you have to show,<br />
not tell,” she says. “I also had a feeling that I<br />
could do anything after childbirth.”<br />
Painting out of her sunroom studio at<br />
home, Kvasnicka describes her style as fresh<br />
and enjoys ample white space in her work to<br />
make paintings feel light and airy.<br />
“The white space coupled with the translucence<br />
of watercolor really captures a certain<br />
light and glow,” she explains. “I use<br />
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white space in both my abstract and<br />
representational work.”<br />
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While she now lives in Richmond, Virginia,<br />
with her husband and son, <strong>Charleston</strong> holds<br />
a large piece of her heart.<br />
“My family has deep roots in South Carolina,<br />
mainly in Camden and <strong>Charleston</strong>,”<br />
she says. “I am the descendant of six governors<br />
of South Carolina and my grandmother,<br />
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