Kristen Bliss

Illustration + Personal Work

I make multimedia pieces combining painting, drawing, and image transfer with hand embroidery. Using the textural and light-reflecting qualities of embellishment, my work tells stories of my everyday life through a whimsical lens.

Material Study: Pomegranate – Colored pencil image transfer on muslin, embroidery floss, glass and acrylic beads, sequins

Material Study: Pomegranate – Colored pencil image transfer on muslin, embroidery floss, glass and acrylic beads, sequins


Rare Find: 2 Bed 1 BathShroom - Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins

Rare Find: 2 Bed 1 BathShroom - Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins


Sunset - Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, handmade bioplastic embellishments, glass beads


Sunset - Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, handmade bioplastic embellishments, glass beads



Material Study: Hammock View – Image transfer on muslin, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins

Material Study: Hammock View – Image transfer on muslin, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins


Lemon Slices - Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins

Mountains 02Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins

Mountains 01Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins

Flapjacks – Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins


Flapjacks – Acrylic on canvas, embroidery floss, glass beads, sequins

Halibut Garden – Acrylic + Hand Embroidery

I Can Explain – Gouache + Colored Pencil

Digital Illustration – Repeating Pattern Design

Colored Pencil

The Mysterious Drip – Digital Illustration

People on a Hill – Gouache on Paper