Candace was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana and has been an artist since a very young age.  Heavily influenced by the Gulf coast, Candace is inspired by enchanting waters of the gulf, snow white beaches and the fantastic seafood infused in our famous Louisiana cooking. Originally trained in oils, she works in several mediums including pastels, acrylics, photography and watercolor, but her current medium of choice is acrylics on wood and canvas.  

Kelli was born and raised in New Iberia and resides in Lafayette with her husband and two children.  Her love of art began in high school at Mt. Carmel Academy, continued as a hobby throughout her young adult life, but then later flourished as her true passion.  She primarily uses water-based oil paints and also experiments with various other mediums such as oil pastel crayons, resin and ink.  Inspired by the marshes, prairies and coastline of Louisiana and Gulf region, she incorporates textured mediums in abstract themes with modeling paste and palette knife to achieve varying effects. 

Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Frederick is currently featuring artwork of Candace Greer & Kelli Kaufman for the Winter 2012 Season.  We hope you enjoy this sampling of Candace and Kelli's colorful depictions of Louisiana landscape and the Gulfcoast while they are featured throughout our Lafayette office corridors from January through March.