| Artist Info |
| Name:
Katharina
Keoughan |
| Town
of residence: Friendship,
Maine |
Brief
Bio:
“Being creative has always been a part of my life.”
She says as a child she loved to ‘make things’.
Her graphic design education started at Miami-Dade Community
College and continued as she worked her way up through
the major advertising and design studios in Miami, Florida.
In 1980 she opened Drexel & Ives and built it to
be one of the leading graphic design studios in Miami.
It was not until 1992 when she moved to Maine that she
was able to pursue her interest in fine art.
In 1999 Katharina was part of the Artists of Friendship
show at CMCA in Rockport and in 2000 she was in a group
show The Craft in Art/The Art in Craft at the Maine
Art Gallery in Wiscasset. In 2001 her “Maine paintings”,
and in 2005 “Working Life” were featured
at the West Island Gallery. Katharina’s work can
be seen at West Island Gallery, in Georgetown. She teaches
painting and is actively involved in the Mid-Coast art
community.
I can’t imagine not living near the water. I don’t
see it everyday but living in Friendship I know it is
close. My husband Ken, a woodturner, and I walk our
dog near the harbor. We claim it is to make certain
the sea is still there.
I grew up on the water. Until I was six I lived on a
sail boat in the Caribbean with my parents. Then I was
a freckled child, now I am an artist. The opportunity
to create a piece for the Atlantic Challenge seemed
fitting.
My paintings and I are bold, colorful and have a positive
zest for life. My subjects range from individual flowers
to the interior of row boats. The objects are familiar.
The subject is shapes.
I love pushing the paint across the canvas, the feel
of painting. When I teach workshops I stress that the
students should enjoy the process. Painting is one of
the things I do for myself.
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| Represented
by: Exclusively
represented by West Island Gallery in Georgetown, ME
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Artist's
Statement:
The process
of painting often reveals pleasant surprises. This painting
for the Atlantic Challenge auction held two surprises.
Having decided to paint on stretched sail cloth, I intended
to paint the interior of a small boat, a subject I often
return to. I cut a portion off the large section of the
discarded sail and left the rest crumpled on the floor.
While stretching the sail and preparing the surfact for
painting I was continuously drawn back to the remaining
sail. In my view it was shouting to be the subject of
my art.
The second surprise came in the details. I usually paint
looser, with less details, however I was caught up by
each fold and stitch, wanting to give it loving attention.
"Sail on Sail" is not what I had originally
intended, it is pleasantly better.
| Description of Art Work |
| Dimensions:
36"
x 24" |
| Medium
Used: Oil
on Sail |
| Title:
"Sail
on Sail" |
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