Katie has been creating art for as long as she can remember. She began studying art as a child and grew to love color, texture and design. During High School Katie studied under master artist Kwok Wai Lau and instructor Doug Stanton. She had her first art show when she was 16 where she sold her first painting. Katie graduated from Azusa Pacific University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art. While attending school she studied under Guy Kinnear, William Catling, Susan Ney, Kent Bulter and Kiran Gaya. She furthered her artistic skills in a variety of mediums but concentrated on painting and drawing. During this time she grew fond of working with acrylic paints and pen and ink drawings. Since graduating college Katie has continued to show her work in galleries and strengthen her skills while working full time.

Art is a way to express our inner emotions and capture our environment on canvas or paper. Katie’s art represents the nature seen around us and emotions within that are expressed with color and images on her paintings. Her latest technique involves painting acrylic abstract backgrounds and drawing images on top  with ink.  Some of the paintings are done in shadow boxes and incorporate wire sculpture and others are paintings on canvas.  She hopes her paintings will sooth and excite her viewers. Katie’s art is filled with movement and passion for beauty that comes from within and is seen in the world around us.

You can contact Katie at katie@myartinthebox.com