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| The Artist in her tender & perhaps slightly misspent youth. |
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| For information about any of the above, send me an email. You can also visit to view my portfolio of royalty-free designs. Please visit the friends & fellow artists at the links on the left. Thanks for your interest & thanks for visiting the site! Kathi Kolb, August, 2007 |
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| "The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious." Lester Bangs |
| "All non-buyers of art can be downsized." Bob Ragland |
| "...but it is nice to get paid for it." Anonymous |
| "Graffiti," photo collage by Kathi Kolb (declarations added) |
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| About the Artist |
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| Like most artists, I started drawing, painting & picture making as a child. I spent hours & hours at it, putting myself through a self-imposed course of draftsmanship to conquer the rendering of various artistic subjects. It was a big day when I could finally draw a realistic rose, or cat, or horse, or tree. When I was ten, I earned my first dollar as an artist by drawing pencil portraits of people at a neighborhood cookout. That was the same year that the judges of the regional Boston Diocese school art competition decided that a ten-year-old couldn't have drawn the self-portrait I entered all by herself! Oh, the outrage! Did Michaelangelo ever go through this?? |
| During my twenties, I studied painting at the Massachusetts College of Art while working full time. After finishing my bachelors degree, I worked as a writer & administrator, & eventually went on to gain a Master of Science degree at the University of Rhode Island. I continued to make art & to explore several media – oils, watercolors, pastels, charcoal, print-making, textiles, antique restoration, computer graphics &, of course, photography. My epiphany with photography occurred after my father died, when I inherited his 35mm film cameras. I brought one with me on my first trip to Europe, and like many artists before me, found myself inspired by the incomparable light and spectacular scenery of southern France. The pictures that resulted from that trip led to my first photography show in South Kingstown, as well as my first sales of art photos. |
| Finally, as a result of the persistent and affectionate prodding of two artist friends, I joined the Wickford Art Association in the fall of 2004, and began to devote myself primarily to photography. In early 2005, after much skepticism, I “went digital,” and quickly became an enthusiastic proponent. Since then, I've been lucky enough to have my work accepted into several juried art shows & have won a number of awards. Take that, school art competition judges!! (The best revenge is success.) So far, I've attained artist member status in both the Wickford & South County Art Associations. My work has been shown at the Wickford Art Association, South County Art Association, Mystic Art Association & the Courthouse Center for the Arts in South Kingstown, along with several other regional venues. |
| Yes, I can still draw. These days, I usually draw with vector software, which for me is even more fun than a brand new box of Crayolas. To stay on top of art & design software, I take classes occasionally at the Rhode Island School of Design. I am currently teaching myself to do animation & hope soon to carve out the time to learn how to use Flash. Click the "Lumos" button below to see one of my recent early animation efforts using Illustrator & Photoshop. (Adobe rules!!) For information about exhibited work, please click on the On Exhibit or Awards buttons at the top of this page. I also do candid photographic portraiture, as well as layout & graphic design, & teach the timid to make their own websites. |
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