INTERVIEWS
Interview with Emaho Magazine (pdf)
Interview for Portland Open Studios (url)
Interview in Portland's Asian Reporter (jpg)

QUOTES

"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."