Kayla TRAXel

  • A Dog With No Name

    A Dog With No Name

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Placemaking at Zhou B Art Center (1801 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO)

    • Opening: June 12, 6-9

    • Up through Aug. 29

  • 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

    • 2016 Baltimore, Studio 306, KCMO

Contact
I AM MOVING STUDIOS! Zhou B is where I have developed much of my direction as an artist but it’s time for my next chapter, which means WE CELEBRATE🎊 July 10th, during @zhoubartcenterkc ‘s Second Fridays, I will be hosting a Studio Sa
Art show this Friday with 20+ artists!! Come see 3 of my pieces during the Englewood Arts Third Friday Art walk in Independence. There will be a live saxophonist and multiple venues to explore. Thanks to @blake_knisely for the work to put this even
NEW SHOW 🌾 With the global convergence of the World Cup in Kansas City, resident artists explore the dynamic and personal process of placemaking. Placemaking: a collaborative and community centric process that transforms underutilized spaces into
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.
Dragonfly on Green, 2026 Watercolor with Thread Painting masking techniques + sewing for added details. The photo I took on one of my many wanders in 2019 on some Missouri trail.

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