"I have to confess a big and irrational weakness for Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley's lush paintings inspired by tattoo-art and stained glass...stocked with a peaceable kingdom of pets, wild creatures, nuns, saints, 1930s Chinese film stars, and mythological figures-all entwined in tentacles of foliage..."

"What do marine biology, art nouveau, children's books, and mythology all have in common? They somehow all connect in Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley's paintings in a way that makes emotional sense and splendid art...she draws on animals, nature, and the tragic 1930s Chinese silent film star Ruan Lingyu for a strangely fantastical narrative of longing."

"... Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley, influenced by artistic decorative traditions that idealize nature, such as Art Nouveau, Japanese prints & religious art, ...her own childhood play -- dressing up her pet rats and creating communal 'Newt, Snake, Snail and Banana Slug Farms'. Her paintings show, with fascinating delicacy, the interaction between humans and animals, between animals of different species, and the anthropomorphic qualities of animals..."

"Dolphin-Kingsley's intricately detailed creations inhabit gorgeous nouveau-style plant/animal kingdoms..."

"...her distinct style of ink, watercolor and acrylic ...artwork that deals with ... flora and fauna ... albino newts, mysterious snaking flower pistols and beautifully exotic fairies with rabbit ears... let her introduce you to her weird wide world of glittered frog eggs and crowned dogs."