Hi! I’m Kathy.

When I was little, my Dad called me Kathy-o. As the first child I got the honor of a modified version of his Air Force call sign, Bob-o. It was our thing, and I'm not sure even my siblings knew about it. It's always been special to me.

I had a wonderful 15 year career as a graphic designer and art director back in the 1900's, working my way into the digital age with Quark in DOS, then Pagemaker, the Adobe Creative Suite, and now Procreate, a tool I’ve added to watercolors, gouache, color pencils, and oil paint.

As my youngest started school, I made what I thought was a valiant effort to rejoin the workforce, as I loved my career and had maintained my skills, even perfected them. Unfortunately, the graphic arts world didn't want someone with my experience, so after years of trying to even get an interview, I decided to pivot. 

Lucky for me Brent, the love of my life, is supportive and he's given me all of the space I need to create the art I'd always dreamed about but never had time to do. I consider myself the luckiest girl to have him as my biggest fan, and patron!

Our two daughters and son are out on their own now, and I'm lucky to be the GRAN to Brenton (named after his PopPop), who the bedtime story in my LIBRARY was written for.

I spent April 2025 in Ireland (for the whole month!) as an Artist in Residence at the Olive Stack Gallery, the end of August creating art in Paris and SW France, and in 2027 I'll be in Oaxaca for my birthday in January journaling and painting, and the month of August on Vancouver Island as an Artist in Residence at The OU Gallery. And that's just what's already on the calendar! I have artist friends around the world who I've gotten to visit, and we've built lasting friendships. Thank you, internet!

I've learned after the loss of my parents and my brother that time's a wastin'. Grief is real, happens to everyone, and my newest project is a line of cards called “Kathy-woe”. I wanted to make cards that I wished I had gotten, and that I'd want to give.

I hope you enjoy the work here on my site. I've certainly enjoyed making it.

Kathy-o