Contemporary impressionist painter Kay Lybrand studied fine art at the University of South Carolina and the New York Art Students League, but she also enjoyed an advertising career before becoming a full-time artist, a life that has fulfilled her for the past 10 years. Three years ago, Lybrand re- located to Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, where she loves to watch the marshes change with every tide and the ever-changing light. “My favorite times are ear- ly mornings and evenings, when the light is soft and caresses the landscape,” she says.
Instead of painting wet into
wet, Lybrand typically paints in layers to get more of a feel of the light, a technique that has earned her inclusion in the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in 2014 and 2015, and the Women Painters of the Southeast shows of 2015 and 2016. Lybrand works frequently with clients and designers to get just the right-size painting in a particular color palette. You can find the artist at booth No. 5 at Marion Square during Piccolo Spoleto or at kay@kaylybrand. com.
