Kelsey Beckett, who currently resides in Kentucky, focuses her work mainly on feminine figures and the power they possess. Previously having found inspiration in the softer side of femininity, her work currently explores the beauty of inner strength, and how well it goes in tandem with that softness.

In a show statement by Kelsey, she states, "Aposematism is a self-defense tactic used by prey animals in nature. It comes in the form of bright colors and patterns, an indication to predators that they are unpalatable, or would be painful to attack. With this body of work, I imagined how a woman might adopt similar tactics and warnings. This came in the form of armor, each figure adorned with their own unique set. Inspiration also found its way via hostile architecture: physical, universal messaging used to warn future humans of dangerously poisoned land. A landscape of thorns and spike fields reimagined into crowns, menacing earthworks that radiate from the figure like a halo – a warning to all who set eyes upon them: 'The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.’ It isn’t enough to be beautiful and soft, you also need sharp edges.”