About
A little about me
My name is Kai Waldman. I was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in July of 2000 and moved to California in 2009, where I now live and work.
My first experience as an artist was my freshman year at Thousand Oaks High School walking past the art room every day between classes. There was a small gallery filled with featured student artworks. I never really noticed the art or even thought about being an artist until I saw a hyper-realistic drawing of an Olympic swimmer. I thought to myself, "That would be really cool to produce that quality of work someday." It was here that I realized that I wanted to pursue a career in this field.
I went on to gain an associate's degree in studio arts at Moorpark College. I am now in the process of receiving a bachelor's degree in studio arts at California State Channel Islands.
About my work
These animal-machine hybrid drawings began as a simple college art assignment. The goal was to seamlessly mix two objects as if they had been that way all along. For some odd reason, it sounded like a great idea to morph a duck's head together with the body of an F-22 Raptor fighter jet. It all started as a joke but soon spun wildly out of control.
As a kid, I really liked the idea that some machines inherently look like animals, and some are even named after them. Now, as I am in my twenties, I decided to take advantage of that idea and run with it. And well...here we are. Welcome to a world where animals have become deadly machines. Look around and enjoy!