Kikta Kikta has made art off and on since she was young, eventually getting an art education degree and teaching at the high school level, first in Westerville, where she focused on ceramics, and now in the Olentangy Local School District. Somewhere along the way, Kikta took a break from drawing, but therapy helped her realize how much she needed it back in her life.
“I kind of forgot who I was, and my purpose. Getting back to making art was a good first step toward reconnecting with myself,” she said. “I could take something that was heartbreaking and process it into something that I could create and let go.”
There’s a reason behind everything Kikta depicts. “The animals represent certain emotions or feelings or experiences, and even certain plants I use represent certain things,” she said. “There’s symbology behind certain flowers and plants like poppies, carnations and roses.”
