Oil Painter Kathie Wheeler is VIVA’s Guest Artist for October!
Artist Statement:
Drawing and painting have been a lifelong passion for me, from my earliest struggles to put down on paper what I see to my striving to understand color. This body of work is made up of both smaller studies often done on location to larger studio pieces.
Some of the paintings have color swatches next to them with the colors that were used in that painting. Limiting the pigments to use not only helps with harmony But also forces the artist to learn how colors play against each other to help create what we want to say in a painting.
I show these paintings not as an artist who has arrived, but to give a glimpse into my journey as an artist.
Kathie’s Bio:
Kathie Wheeler is a classically trained representational oil painter who's work is inspired by the people and places in her life. She grew up in the Chicago area and studied at the American Academy of Art and now lives on a small farm with her husband in the beautiful Driftless area of Wisconsin. Kathie is a lifelong student of painting and she loves to pass on her passion to others. She is a signature member of Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society and American Women Artists, serves as the vice chair of the board of the American Impressionist Society and is the Wisconsin State Ambassador and member of the Portrait Society of America.
