Hello! My name is Kiernan. I am a Midwest born and raised twenty-two year old student of the performing arts with a degree emphasis in theatrical design & technology, as well as musical theatre. I have been passionate about the arts and performing ever since I could remember, my love sparked by the very first movie I ever remember watching – Phantom of the Opera. The one with Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler? I was obsessed as a child and remained obsessed the rest of my life.
I enjoy pretty much everything creative. Everything just a little bit odd. I have three cats with human names, a rock collection that’s getting just a touch too large, and so much love for life I feel like I can’t always fit it all in my body. Which is exactly why I create.
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To me, art is a feeling, pure and simple. All of it, whether I’m writing, painting, sewing, or acting, starts with a whisper. An echo humming just behind my eyes, something that I have always had the desire to pin down – a desire to make the unreal a reality.
Reality is the most important aspect of my work as an artist, not in a sense that I desire to create in a way that makes things look as true to life as possible, but to make things feel real in the world they’re in. As an actor and an artist, I stay as grounded as possible in the truth of the world around me. Art, to me, is not a deception, but a way to showcase the truth in new ways.
To keep my work grounded, I often pull from history. Research before the act of creation is just as important to me as the making of the art itself, and I find myself diving into everything from vintage Dior catalogues to textbooks on ancient history long before my pencil hits a page. I do this as an actor as well to better understand motivations, responses, and exactly how and why I may exist in a written world the way I do. I am thorough, driven, and will find something to sink my teeth into, no matter the project.
Ultimately, I create because it’s something I truly feel called to do. I have never been able to see things in my head, in fact, visualization in impossible for me. Instead, I hear things. I feel things. I have a description of a costume in my head, and the feeling of a fabric between my fingers, paint drying on my skin, the sensation of an authentic corset under my shift. I hear and feel all of these things all of the time, and my desire to make these thoughts a reality is what continually drives me forward as an artist. To finally be able to see what I’ve felt my whole life.
Contact me just below if you want to see how I work up close : D
Kiernan Q. McReynolds 