Creative Kansas Stylist Colors Hair to Match the Brilliant Hues of Well-Known Works of Art

Starry Night

Ursuala Goff, a skilled colorist in Kansas with a true appreciation for art, has found an incredible way to express both her talent and knowledge through hair.

I often get asked where I went to hair school, and what sort of cosmetology education background I have. The answer is probably disappointing for most people – I went to a community college Cosmo program and have almost no other training outside of that. However, I have done art since I was 5, first developing hand skills as a sketcher, and then expanding those skills into color by working with acrylics, tempera, and especially water colors. I tend to color hair much the same way I color a canvas, using the same sorts of color application techniques and identical color theory. So in honor of my art background being so useful, I thought I’d do a Fine Art series…

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

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