Art Open Event 1-10-2010 Sunday at 6pm-8pm

• Art opening w/ Katherine McDowel
• 20% off all products
• Free Consultations "Must RSVP by email or try to sign up when you come to the salon

ABOUT THE WORK

This new “Lake Series” of monotype prints explores color relationships, while their compositions hint at abstract landscapes. They are inspired by the contemplative mood of vast bodies of water meeting the light of the distant horizon. A monotype print is one-of-a-kind; it cannot be printed more than once, therefore each print is unique.

Prints from this series have been selected for ‘The Printmaker’s Hand’ – a juried group exhibition at Corvidae Press in Port Townsend, WA in November 2009; the ‘Fifth Winter National Juried Exhibition’ at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato, CA in January 2010; and for a solo exhibition at the West Linn Library in 2011.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Currently residing in Portland, Oregon, Katherine McDowell creates monotypes at the Atelier Meridian print studio. Originally from New York, she has lived in Nigeria, California, England, and Hungary. She has studied art at Academy of Art in San Francisco, College of St. Mark & St. John in Plymouth, England, University of Maine in Orono, Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland and Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, where she earned her degree in Studio Art.

Katherine has created over a dozen commissions that now reside in private collections throughout the world. Her work has been seen in solo shows in Portland at places such as Belle Époque Salon, Lorenzo’s, Tiny’s, Oak Street Natural Health Center, Rustica, Grace Salon and for sale at Urbino Home. Examples of her work can be found at www.katherinemcdowell.com.