Kathleen earned her MFA at Mass Art where she was later an adjunct faculty member. Kathleen is a resident of the Button Factory Artist Studios in Portsmouth. Many of her landscapes reflect the Seacoast area and, recently, the Maine coast. Professional experience includes her work over the past decade as an art therapist at Exeter Hospital.

Inspiration comes from many sources, including still life and landscape. The process of building the painting is
critical to her work. Gesture, color, line and surface all play with the space to create a distinct back and forth motion between representation and abstraction.

What drives the work is the initial response to a moment in time. Layers are then built upon or removed to create the final piece as the painting takes on a life of its own.

The surface is often calm, and time is suspended, with the ever-present tension on the verge of movement and change. How one object or shape affects the other is a continuing source of fascination.

JUNE-AUG 2023

A Homage to Plum Island. A Summer show with several new artists featuring limited edition prints all of which capture the beauty and magic of Plum Island.