Kate Apple

kzapple@mac.com

Only in the past two years have I had the opportunity and time to consider myself a serious artist. I have, however been working my way to this place over time - as an art director, graphic designer, gardener and garden design creator: always observing, being inspired. I paint in acrylics. My style is abstract or stylized. I usually include some mixed media, working different materials into each piece of art. My drawings have a different style, and I use them as experiments for my paintings. They are total fun. My goal is to create texture and layers of color, marks and lines. I enjoy going where the project takes me. With music playing, I work at home in a room that was a porch, but now is a wonderful studio with plants, and paints, and plenty of of light. I am a visual learner. I notice and observe. I take lots of pictures! The images that excite me most are of nature. I am an outside girl, and that is where I go for ideas and inspiration.