KATHLEEN HARTMAN
Artist Statement: People, animals and nature are what intrigue me. I especially love painting the innocent expressions of children. My focus is on capturing a look, or a feeling, or just a moment. Usually my inspiration comes from what I imagine that person is feeling or thinking and I want to create that either through color or expression. The beauty I find in nature also inspires many of my pieces. Watercolor, pastel, and oils are my favorite media for creating art. My goal is to continue studying portraiture and the figure, and to learn how to create the best and most interesting designs possible. I believe art is an ongoing learning process and each day of painting brings new ways to express what we learn from that painting experience.
�As an artist, I want to make a connection with another person, in hopes they will see my inspiration, and to touch them in a way bringing back a memory, a feeling, a moment in time.'
Artist Biography: Being mostly self-taught Kathleen has been sketching everything and anything since she was a child. Her love of art continued through high school and she received the Student Art Award her senior year, and her love of art continued to grow. Kathleen had a strong foundation in design and studied fashion and interior design at college. But her first love was painting - people, animals, and nature. Usually it is the mood, expression, or pose that first captures her attention. Then once she begins the design she finds the painting takes on a personality of its own which moves her through the piece.
Over the past 10-15 years Kathleen has gotten back to painting, and has taken and continues to take numerous workshops with well-known national as well as local artists. Her mediums of choice are watercolor, pastel, and oil.
Kathleen has exhibited with the art groups she belongs to in PA, as well as in FL. She also exhibited as a solo artist at Planet Art Gallery and Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon, PA, and Upper St. Clair Library and Post Office, Upper St. Clair, PA. Others exhibitions she has participated in are Art in the Round, Washington, PA, Art in the Garden, Washington, PA, Double Door Gallery, Carnegie, PA, Stifel Fine Arts Gallery, Wheeling, WV, South Arts Gallery, Bethel Park, PA, West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Jewish Community Center, Scott Township, PA, Providence Point and numerous art exhibits at the Galleria, Mt. Lebanon, PA, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Red Door Space, Pittsburgh, PA, and Fein Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. In Florida she has exhibited her art at the Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, North Port Art Center, Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, Venice Art Center, Englewood Art Center, Art Escape Gallery, and is currently represented by Number 33 Gallery of Arts, Venice, FL.
Kathleen has won awards in juried shows for her watercolor painting 'Going to Market,' for her pastel painting 'Watchful Eyes,' and her oil painting �Les Fleurs Rouges.� She won an honorable mention for her oil painting 'Blind Pass Beach,' and also received an award of Merit for her pastel painting 'Blue Weimaraner.' Kathleen received a 1st Place award for her watercolor painting 'Dog Days of Summer' at the Englewood Art Center, July 2014. She has also received numerous other awards since moving to Florida.
Affiliations: International Association of Pastel Societies, Pastel Society of America, Pittsburgh Artist Registry, North Port Art Center, Englewood Art Center, Venice Art Center, Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, Southeastern Pastel Society, Left Coast Pastel Painters Society, and Southwest Florida Watercolor Society.
Artistic Services: Commissioned Work, Exhibits
Website: www.kathleenhartman.fineartamerica.com, www.sarasota.anythingarts.com, www.kathleenhartman.wordpress.com, www.kathleenhartman.artistwebsites.com, www.pittsburghartistregistry.org
www.kathleenhartman.com
Email: Kathleen.lilly@outlook.com Phone: 412-952-9449
Kathleen Hartman joined Fine Art America on June 12th, 2011.
