About Kathy
My art started to develop in 2004, when my son was in 4th grade. He had a year-long project in history which required him to make a Virginia history scrapbook. Because of this project, I visited my first scrapbook store, trying to find supplies for the assignment.
Once I entered the store, a whole new world opened up for me. I fell in love with the specialty papers, jewels, decorative pieces and other embellishments. I think they were putting something special in the air in that store, because it acted like a drug — I was hooked!
It wasn't long before I had a wonderful collection of specialty papers and an entire room in our house devoted as my art studio. I began by creating mandalas from hand-cut papers, then branched out into acrylic painting, experimenting with textures, finishes and techniques.
All my art is multi-media — I feel you can never have too many jewels, sparkles or flourishes. More is always better, in my book! Everywhere I go, I look for interesting objects to use in my next piece. And I'm happy to say that my art has gone to many places, having been purchased by people all around the world.
Lately I've been creating Prayer Boards, using words, shapes and symbols to convey a message. I call this type of art "spiritually purposeful". I feel healed and uplifted as I create a prayer board. The words and symbols on the prayer boards remind you of a certain message — like "faith" for example. They are designed to act like a living prayer.
