Motivated by pareidolia, ephemeral visual misunderstanding, ocular strangeness, nightmares, dreams and fleeting glimpses of unreality; inspired by Faerie tales, folklore, myths and legends, transformation, aboriginal cultures, and Quixotism, Kirsty works in traditional mediums such as pencil and ink on home-made marbled papers.
With her work focused on embracing change, she uses age-old methods such as marbling to create the base for her images. Kirsty then uses the traditional analogue techniques of drawing and painting with pencils, inks and paints to pick out details that promote retelling tales through illustrations she fills with narrative, allure, and creatures from around the allegorical world.