Kathleen works in many mediums and styles, including watercolor and colored pencil landscapes, botanical illustrations, and ceramics and fiber art sculptures. While her Bachelor of Fine Arts was in Ceramics and Sculpture, she has gone back to the materials of her childhood – found objects, paper, glue, and illustrations. Using these materials, she begins creating large shapes, patterns, and textures, and then layers her compositions with topographical maps and handmade papers, inviting viewers to find their story in the detail of objects, words, and symbols. Her exhibit explores the themes of ecology, loss, and wonder.

Kathleen states, “I try to create artwork that gives the viewer a chance to see things they may not have noticed before or see how a collection of overlooked items might have a tale to tell.”  By curating small treasures and ephemera into narrative compositions, Kathleen hopes to elicit a deeper empathy with our world and each other by telling visual stories about the wonder and fragility of life.

If you’d like to purchase her artwork, please email info@portludlowart.org to make a sales appointment.