Kristie Drake

Bio

Kristie Drake lives in Westwood, NJ. She is a Teacher's Aide at a local elementary school. She has earned an Associate's Degree in Fine Art. The medias she uses are acrylic oil paint, watercolor, watercolor pencils and cray-pas. She has displayed her art at Art in the Park at Van Saun County Park in Paramus several times and at several local libraries. She has taught art to seniors at nursing homes through her previous position as an Activity Assistant. She has also taught art in Albania at various children’s ministries in churches and also to disabled adults there. She led an art club where people created art to Biblical themes. She walks her students through the process of drawing. Kristie is influenced to paint places she's seen in her travels and pictures she likes of animals and landscapes. She transforms what she sees in a picture to make it more captivating bringing the most joy to a viewer. Admire the beauty of God's creation.