Artist Statement
KATHRYN ARNOLD
Kathryn works in her studio in San Francisco. It is a large space with a skywell that keeps track of the time. Her work contains two intertwining veins. One is filled with large, colorful oils on canvas. The other vein includes drawings that are black and white mixed media works on paper. Both display the density and layered mark-making that points to artistic process and content.
Artist Statement: Kathryn Arnold
The paintings are a result of intuitive nonobjective processes and contain my search for visual "magic". The sense of touch and chaotic energy of color and marks play an important role in building up layers that function to create and encompassing, enveloping field and bewildering space. The grid at times becomes a reference point and the intrinsic relating of parts form poetry; an interplay between subjective and objective realities.
*"2.Any mysterious, seemingly inexplicable power or influence; as, the "magic" of love." (webster)
About Me
(full resume with exhibitions is listed on http://www.kathrynarnold.com
Kathryn studied at the Kansas City Art Institute for three years and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of Kansas, Lawrence in 19991 with a Phi Kappa Phi honor. She completed her (MFA) Master of Fine Arts in Art with Honors in May, 1993. (Lawrence, Kansas is where William Burroughs resided the last section of his life and Alan Ginsberg a frequent visitor. A bit of the “beat” poets and writers influence is seen in Kathryn’s work.)
Kathryn Arnold has shown her work on a national scale, from New York City to Hawaii, from Los Angeles to Chicago and Kansas City and St Louis. She has been written about by Alan Artner, art critic for the Chicago Tribune and Raphael Rubenstein, senior editor of Art in America along with many others. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections.
She exhibits nationally in galleries, universities and art centers and is a NEA Regional Fellowship recipient. She has received other fellowships, grants and awards as well. Kathryn’s work is included in numerous public and private collections.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Thompson and Mitchell, Attorneys at Law, St. Louis, MO
Corporate Skills International, Kansas City, MO
School of Fine Arts, Dept. of Art and Design, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
Bryan Cave Law Firm, St. Louis, MO
American Kenpo Karate Academy, Lenexa, KS
Topeka Public Library Collection, Topeka, KS
Ramada, Chicago area, IL
McDonall-Douglass Corporate Collection, St. Louis, MO
United Missouri Bank Collection, Oklahoma City, OK
University of Minnesota, Morris
American Century, public collection, Kansas City, MO.
Alpine Bank, Rockford, IL
Eisco Technology, Lincolnshire, IL
Frito-Lay Corporation, San Jose, CA
CSU Stanislaus, University Art Gallery Public Collection, Turlock, CA
Pequot Capital Management, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson, Attorneys at Law, Chicago , IL .
Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital , Kansas City.
Kirkwood and Ellis, Attorneys at Law, San Francisco , CA
New Corporate Location, name unknown at this time, Chicago, IL
Allergan Corporation, Irvine , CA
Corporate Collection, Mission and 1st Street, San Francisco, CA
Novartis Corporate Collection, East Coast location, United States.
My work is also included in numerous private collections.
Other websites are:
http://8thstreetstudio.org
http://site301.com
http://www.kathrynarnold.wordpress.com
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/35231-kathryn-arnold
find me on facebook and twitter
http://twitter.com/kathryn_arnold
http://groups.to/kathrynarnold/
http://profile.to/kathrynarnold/
