Kathy Durdin and her Art

Come see my show at the 
Kotler Gallery of John 
Germany Library in April, 
with a reception on April
12 from 5:30 to 7 pm.

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Artist Statement

I am constantly looking for inspiration in the world around me. I keep a camera with me at all times, looking for images that touch me emotionally.
I look for that emotional reaction when I am deciding what to paint.

I grew up with art, as my mother was an artist. However, after graduating college, except for a year in the early 1980s when I took a couple courses at my local community college, I confined my involvement in art to visiting museums and studying exhibitions. I started painting again in 2003, and have been working consistently at it since then.

I have always loved watercolor as a medium while it is very unforgiving, its freshness cannot be replicated. I am working very hard to loosen up my brushstrokes, to take advantage of the characteristics of the medium.

I particularly like painting people. I am always trying to capture that one spark about the person that makes the painting come alive. I go to life drawing classes whenever possible to practice drawing, as I think that a good drawing is an important framework of any painting.

I have taken a couple of workshops with Pat Weaver, and want to take more with her and others to improve both my eye and my technique. I also frequently study the works of others both in person and in books, particularly masters such as Paul Cezanne, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, and John Whorf as well as contemporary artists such as Stephen Scott Young.

I am just starting to take part in competitions beyond the Old Hyde Park Art Center. I did receive an honorable mention for Market, San Miguel, from the recent juried show of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society.

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