Somewhere around the age of three, Kirsty picked up a crayon and began making marks on a sheet of paper, and then simply kept doing that.
Now 53, this prolific Martin County artist – using a panorama of imagination and technical ingenuity – focuses her work largely on wildlife. “The planet’s wild places are disappearing at an unprecedented rate,” she says. “I hope my work helps raise awareness about the importance of protecting endangered species.”
Kirsty’s family emigrated to America in 1974. She was raised on the edge of the Seabranch Preserve in Port Salerno, Florida. Armed with sketchpads and pencils, she and her dad spent hours wandering the preserve’s scrubby flatwoods and natural communities.
Kirsty’s profile is rising. Over the years she has been commissioned to paint pets, portraits of people and, of course, all things wildlife. Her favorite mediums are pencil, pastel, watercolor and acrylic. She showcases and sells her work largely through her website, kirstysmithinnis.art.
A single mother of two during most of her 20’s and 30’s, Kirsty took a circuitous route to the artistic concentration she cultivates today. She graduated from South Fork High School in 1988, immediately joined the armed services serving as an Army Intelligence Spanish linguist and – after the birth of two children and a divorce – graduated in 1997 with a B.A. in fine arts from the University of Texas Rio Grande.
With the children grown, Kirsty returned to the Martin County she always loved. She now throws herself with gusto into her art in her downtown Stuart apartment. She is a member of both the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance and Martin Arts and has donated her artistic services to local nonprofits.
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