Kathy Crowther




		*“Building Brands that Build Success”*

			(561) 745-6484

I begin each day with a cup of coffee and a paint brush. Painting is a celebration of life and a discovery of the beauty that surrounds us all. My creative formula combines my love of nature – and its exacting details – with bright colors and geometric designs. My works have a fluid, or motion-like, feeling that leads the observer from one portion of the image to the next.

My trademark for the last twenty years has been borders. I take subjects from the center and make repetitive patterns to complement the main theme. At times, I substitute painting over the mat for a border. Like nature, my paintings often depict a sense of continual growth and a profusion of color.

My art education started at the age of ten with classes at the Cleveland Art Museum. Formal training continued with high school, West Virginia University, Oglebay Institute, and the Cleveland Institute of Art.

While living on a farm in West Virginia, my art was influenced by the works of Andrew Wyeth, an American contemporary realist painter. Many of my subjects at that time, such as farm machinery, were painted in sepia tones. While doing a commission for a landscape, I awoke to the beauty of my natural surroundings and the intriguing detail of its colors, shapes and textures. Today, it’s nature’s bounty – primarily birds and flowers – that command the focal point in my paintings.

A Pheasant Afternoon

At Duck Lake

Autumn's Harvest

Blue Heron & Lotus