Painting brings me joy, sometimes frustration, like solving a puzzle, it falls apart before it comes together. I never have a plan, my imagery grows out of my imagination and intuition as they guide me through the process of applying paint to canvas, marks to paper and layers of color.

I often get lost in the process of art making, as if I’m being pulled along into a zone where a dialogue unfolds, between myself and the painting. I’m challenged by this dialogue and excited by eventually finding clarity through play and experimentation. I like to take risks, occasionally scribbling across the emerging piece to keep it fresh and alive, then reengage to completion.

I experience painting as a daily practice and a gift. I am grateful for this practice, it keeps me sane, whole and focused.

Kate was born into an artistic family, her father an industrial designer and painter her mother an artist.

She studied painting and drawing at the University of New Mexico and at The New York Studio School in NYC. She did her graduate work in Art Therapy at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and worked as an art therapist in NYC for 10 years.

She left NY and moved to Maine where she worked in various clinical settings. As a therapist, Kate always made time for her personal interests besides painting, including printmaking, fabric arts, gardening and cooking.

Retired full time, she works out of her studio in an attached barn in Gardiner, Maine.