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choose to focus on the positive, to have an optimistic spirit and share a love of life reflected in my painting; portraying the beauty and joy in life, this is my aim as an artist.
In the frenetic, crackling static of our modern culture, surrounded by pixilated images, bombarding noise and concrete, we have become dulled to the expanse of beauty just outside those confines. I paint what I live, sifted through my experience. Every morning I wake up to the joy and beauty of God’s creation. To me, the landscapes of nature pulse with the vibrancy of life and color. Forests, meadows, mountains and rivers; rocks and streams, sunsets and moonlight, my palette and brush celebrate their riot of hue. In the expected myriad of greens in the lushness of mountain forests, to its unexpected cool, shadowy depths of dioxazine purple, magenta and pthaloblue; to light filtering through the density of foliage to sparkle in glints of yellow on new spring growth, color and motion abound in my paintings.
I choose to focus on the positive, on the joy in life, and as an artist to portray its beauty. I am a happy person, a well balanced optimist. God has given me chances to see His magnificent glory; to see the refulgent light and hope in life instead of oppressive darkness. I have had difficult times, fears and insecurities that are requisite in the human condition; they are part of my story, the fabric of who I am. I find peace by escaping the shadows and abandoning myself to God’s light and love. A proclamation of the verve and beauty of life; this is the spirit of my paintings.
After attending UC Berkley during the cultural explosion of the 1970’s Kathleen sought a pure form of expression that was consistent with her traditional upbringing and free spirit. Her childhood passion of jewelry making and engraving was set free from the simple relief of silver and steel as she set off with an easel and palette to paint the world.
Kathleen’s early development as an artist was shaped by her close friendship with noted California Plein Aire painter, Pam Glover. Glover at the time was painting with Louis Siegriest, a founder of the avant-garde art movement in California’s Society of Six. The heightened sense of color and influence of fauvism in Glover’s and Siegriest’s work was strong and took hold of Kathleen’s brush.
With showings across the West Coast throughout the mid 1990’s and representation in elite collections, Kathleen Woodward’s influence within the art movement was certain. But her faith told her to stop. After a vibrant art career, she quit with a half finished canvas resting against her easel.
By faith, Kathleen refocused her expression towards the people around her. Family, community service, and spiritual growth became the primary colors of her life. She dedicated herself to raising and homeschooling three children, and bought a horse. Painting was rendered to the past.
Kathleen’s return is a testimony to life’s movement. With faith she waited to overcome, not sure if color and canvas would return or be replaced by a new form of personal expression. Now a new, fresh look has emerged in her artwork that expresses the same faith that once called her away.
THE RESUME
Current Gallery Representation
Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Online
Ryan James Fine Arts, Kirkland, WA
Education & Training
Cornish School of Fine Arts. Seattle, Washington
Seattle Pacific University. Seattle, Washington
BS University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, California
The Piedmont School. Piedmont, California
Pam Glover, Mentor, ‘California Society of Six’
Currently Showing at:
Gallery One, Ellensburg, Wa: current juried show.
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Patterson Wines, Leavenworth, Wa. : Featured artist
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Upside down Wines, Cle elum, Wa: Featured artist
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Patterson Cellars, Woodinville, Wa, Featured artist starts 6/3
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A Greater Whole, Kirkland, WA
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Showings and Awards
2023 Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA. Award. Juried Show.
2021 Ryan James Gallery, Kirkland, WA. Gallery Artist. Painting Solo Show.
2021 Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA. Juried Show.
2021 Anacortes, WA. Juried Show.
2020 Taos Art Insurgency, Taos, NM. Juried Show.
2020 Basecamp Books, Roslyn, WA. Solo Show.
2020 Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes, WA. Juried Show.
2020 EAFA, Issaquah, WA. Juried Show.
2019 Edmonds Fine Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA. Juried Show.
2018 Commission of Outdoor Artwork by Suncadia Resort, WA.
2018 Edmonds Art Festival. Juried Show.
2018 Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA. 50 year Retrospective Show.
2017 Base Camp Books, Roslyn, WA. Solo Show.
2017 First Friday, Ellensburg, WA. Solo Show.
2017 Nielsen Gallery, Roslyn, WA. Gallery Artist. Show.
2017 Naficy, Bellevue, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2017 Suncadia Art in the Park, Cle Elum, WA. Show.
2016 Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA. Juried Show.
2016 Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA. Eastern Washington Artists. Juried Show.
2016 Naficy, Bellevue, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2016 CoCA, 35 Live, Seattle, WA. Juried Show.
2015 Summerfest, Kirkland, WA. Juried Show.
2015 Urban Hardwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Gallery Artist. Solo Show.
2015 Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2014 Skylite Cellars, Kirkland, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2014 Woodmark Hotel, Kirkland, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2014 Nacify, Bellevue, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2014 Sorella, Issaquah, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2013 Forterra, Seattle, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 CoCA, Seattle, WA. Juried Show.
2013 Ryan James Gallery, Bellevue, WA. Gallery Artist. Solo Show.
2013 Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA. Solo Show.
1996, 1995 Foster White Gallery, Seattle/Kirkland. WA. Gallery Artist. Solo Show.
1996 Bainbridge Arts Gallery, Winslow, WA. Solo Show.
1996 ‘Bainbridge in Bloom’ art show. Featured Artist. Award. Juried Show.
1996 Molbak’s, artist in residence, Woodinville, WA. Solo Show.
1995 Northwest Hospital, Seattle, WA. Corporate Solo Show.
1995, 1992 Maveety Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Gallery Artist.
1994 Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. Solo Show.
1994 Riverplace Hotel, Portland, OR. Solo Show.
1994, 1993 Northwest Group Show, Kirkland, WA.
1994, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989 ArtSplash. Redmond, WA. Juried Show.
1993 Northwest Hospital. Featured Artist. Seattle, WA. Solo Show.
1993 Carmen Brown Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. Solo Show.
1993 Bumpershoot, “Setting the Table, Food and Art”. Seattle, WA. Juried Show.
1993 City of Redmond Invitational Art Show. Redmond, WA. Solo Show.
1992 Alexis Hotel. Featured Artist. Portland, OR. Solo Show.
1992 King County Parks, South Gallery. Seattle, WA. Solo Show.
1992 EAFA, Eastside Fine Arts Assn. Kirkland, WA. Juried Show.
1991 Betsy Heath Showrooms. Portland, OR. Solo Show.
1991 ‘Affair in the Garden’. Beverly Hills, CA. Juried Show.
1991 Stonington Gallery. Seattle, WA. Gallery Artist. Solo Show.
1991 5th Street Gallery. Reno, Nevada. Gallery Artist.
1990 Creative Galleries. Los Angeles, CA. Gallery Artist.
1990 Paccar Corporation Gallery. Featured Artist. Bellevue, WA. Solo Show.
1990 Kirkland Creative Arts League, Kirkland, WA. Solo Show.
1990 Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. Juried Show.
1990 Mercer Island Visual Arts Show, Mercer Island, WA. Award. Juried Show.
1990 Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA. Juried Show
1990 PGA Pacific Gallery Artists, Tacoma, WA. Solo Show.
1990 EAFA Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Kirkland, WA. Juried Show.
1990 Seattle Art Museum, Slide Showing, Seattle, WA. Juried Show.
1989, 1988 Topper’s Art and Glass Gallery. Seattle, WA. Solo Show.
1989 PGA, Pacific Gallery Artist, Tacoma, WA. Solo Show.
Past Gallery Representation
Foster White Gallery, Seattle and Kirkland, WA. Solo Show.
Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA. Solo Show.
Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Solo Show.
Carmen Brown Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. Solo Show.
Zola Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA. Solo Show.
Creative Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. Solo Show.
Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. Solo Show.
Harleen and Allen Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Solo Show.
5th Street Gallery, Reno, NV. Solo Show.
Maveety Gallery, Salishan, OR. Solo Show.
Avoir Gallery, Kirkland, WA. Solo Show.
Bainbridge Arts Gallery, Winslow, WA. Solo Show.
Community Projects
Woodinville Arts Alliance, current
Juror, King County Senior Art Show, 1992
Poncho Charity Auction, painting donation 1991
Make-a-Wish Foundation Poster 1992, 1991
Instructor, beginning and advanced drawing
