Kathleen creates mixed media paintings and 3-D works inspired by architectural forms, weathered surfaces, trees and plants formed by the elements and reclaimed by natural forces.
After recently relocating to Naramata, BC from Bowen Island, BC, Kathleen has joined the Aurora Matheson Fine Art Gallery in Penticton and has a studio space there as well. You can view works in progress and may find her there at work with an open door. Her work is also on exhibit at Frog City Cafe.
For many years, Kathleen was co-owner of Catching Stars Cooperative Gallery on Bowen Island and her work is represented there. Kathleen is also active in the arts scene on the Vancouver lower mainland and for over a decade, she worked in the Bowen Island community arts organization, The Hearth - Arts on Bowen
Early studies at Emily Carr University and Capilano University led Kathleen to work in props and costuming for a variety of dance, TV and film productions. Fine arts, textile arts and ceramics are her mediums of choice. She actively creates, exhibits and teaches in these areas, a natural progression of her many years of art practice. These experiences inspire a deeper connection to her creative process.
Artist Statement
"Traces of the impact of humans on the planet occur in remnants and ruins layered over with generations of existence - some a celebration and some a reckoning for the environment. Nature is inherently wild and entropic, and yet we repeatedly attempt to force it into submission.
These works are inspired by the relationship between industry and nature, and the juxtaposition between nature and the built environment. My works have a focus on impermanence, memory, life cycles and the passage of time, with the use of natural and architectural forms, layered and abstractedm to interpret those concepts - covering, uncovering, containing, fracturing, reconstructing, sometimes obliterating. A palimpsest is created where traces of what is under the surface remain visible. What is concealed feels sacred."
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