Keltie Ferris's kinetic abstractions emerge from the complex interactions of medium and gesture. Hand-painted patterns, bursts of spray paint and oil pastel, and pixelated backgrounds thrum across the surface of his canvases in vibrant color and texture. His pictorial lexicon nods to a wide range of visual lineages, including motifs from nature, ancient craftwork, Abstract Expressionism, and contemporary digital images. In his large-scale paintings, thick layers of paint are built up, then alternately swiped, blurred, or erased, emphasizing how physical action catalyzes visual output.