Artist Statement

I paint landscapes that explore margins of atmosphere and form and the interplay between imaginary and real places.

Like the point between dream and waking, subtle edges of earth and water, tree and sky, dissolve and reappear, caught at that moment when boundaries are undetermined and reality is malleable.

Beginning with underpainting, I modulate the intensity of light that spreads from the center of the canvas. Lines and shapes are defined and then partially obscured. Layer is painted over layer, resulting in unexpected gradations and tones. Elusive shapes are muted by fog or shadow.
Imagination’s alchemy transforms the recognizable into delicately nuanced layers of color and tone, to gently invoke mystery, sensation, and mood.

Areté

A Youtube presentation of the thinkarete.com manifesto accompanied by the Zero 7 remix of "Crosses" by José González from the album The Garden.

New Work, Monterey Cypress Trees

Point Lobos Path With Steps © 2012 Katherine Kean
oil on linen  18 x 14 in.

This is a new oil in a series inspired by the coastal path through Monterey Cypress Trees at Point Lobos, California. Some earlier studies that this developed from can be found here.

Helsinki Complaints Choir

Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected the pet peeves and angst-ridden pleas of people in Helsinki and then composed this choral work around the list of complaints. Music composed by Esko Grundström.



This was fun and it's interesting to see how the compaints in Helsinki compare with our own. There are also complaints choirs for Birmingham, St. Petersburg, Hamburg, and Poikkilaakso. There's a website just for Complaint Choirs of the World and there you can vote for your favorite one.

More Cover Art: Planet Lightworker

My painting, "Autumn's Veil" is the featured artwork on the cover of Planet Lightworker this month. Planet Lightworker is an online magazine that offers cutting edge spiritual articles.

Cover Art: Art of Well Being

One of my paintings is featured on the cover of the Art of WellBeing journal.

The Art of WellBeing is both a holistic journal and a website. It is a complementary resource for many holistic healthcare choices offered by practitioners in the North Carolina vicinity. It is distributed quarterly, containing articles and advertising from practitioners, businesses and services which provide awareness and support for the health and well-being of North Carolina communities.

Surprisingly Accurate "Street View"

I love using Google Maps. I basically have no sense of direction but I'm good with visuals so I like that I can get a satellite view to help me find where I'm going. I noticed that now the maps have a little orange man and if you click on "street view" it takes you to a street level point of view of that spot.

What really impressed me was the accuracy of the street view-there really was an orange man right there on the street!

How do they do it?