About

Tia Kinsman is a glass artist and illustrator with a fondness of fantasy, the macabre, nature, and art nouveau.  Exploration and personal interpretations of legends, fairy tales, and various religious mythologies or the occult are prevalent themes in her works. Bugs, skulls, and other flora/fauna are predominant subjects and heavily used as both symbolism and decoration. She currently works in lampworking/glass blowing, Tiffany style stained glass, and painting in water-based medias ranging from watercolors and gouache to fountain pen inks.

Born and raised in Central Massachusetts, her interests outside of creating include lurking in old cemeteries, fusion belly dance, renaissance faires, reading, and hiking. She has her partner, two bunnies, some carnivorous plants, and a hoard of skulls as studio mates.

Her current career goals are working towards developing relationships with galleries and exploring the field of freelance illustration on top of expanding on her new little glass world of spooky fantasy flora and fauna, the Ether World. She has an associates in Fine Arts and has mentored under Marc Scheff and Scott Fischer via SmArt School. She has also been a professional screen printer for the better part of a decade, working with stained glass for over five years, and added glass blowing and lampworking, her true passions, in early 2025.

email: tkinsmanart@gmail.com