About Me

As a creator, my impulses embody both a deep appreciation of nature as it exists, and an ever-present yearning for an ecstatic state. Aiming to bridge and ultimately reconcile these dualities, my work stands in subtle resistance against fundamentalism of all kinds, favoring an endless search for meaning across complex, multiple worlds.

Bio

Kate received her MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University and a BFA in painting and a BA in art history at Indiana University. After years of working at Yale in IT and design, Kate now teaches at Paier College of Art in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and teaches workshops throughout the Northeast. Currently teaching to Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven.
She is recognized for her pastels and is featured in Exhibeo Art Magazine. Her work has been shown at Creative Tech week NY, The Lumen Prize global tour at The Auditorium on Broadway NY, Degas Society in New Orleans, New Haven Lawn Club, NEST in Bridgeport CT, Ridgefield Camera Works, Franklin Street Works in Stamford CT, BRAG at the University of Bridgeport Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport CT, Connecticut Hospice, Creative Arts in New Haven, Yale-Sterling Library, and Art Place in New Haven.

Artist Statement

My work is inspired by the idea that memories are not static but constantly evolving and reshaping themselves over time. I seek to capture the essence of these fleeting moments through a visual language that is both personal and universal. Through painting, I strive to create a sacred space that expresses personal narratives and the interplay between nature and intellect.

My paintings often reflect themes of feminism, mythology, passages, and memories. I begin my creative process by focusing on a memory trapped within our collective consciousness and use a combination of gestural and contour lines to translate elements of the natural world into a place of imagined passages.

I frequently use my paintings and drawings as collage materials, torn up and reassembled, forming an underlying personal narrative that is unseen yet echoed throughout the subsequent layers. This creates the veiling and unveiling process of my painting. The layering becomes a physical memory fused into the structure, an essence embedded into and serving as a reminder of a past, while transformed in the present moment.

Kate is represented by Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven