Kathy Crowther's creative formula combines her love of nature - and its exacting details- with a fascination for geometric designs. "To capture nature's emotion with paper and paint is my passion. Painting has made me more aware of my surroundings and the amazing details of color, shape, and texture that encircle us all. Nature's bounty and all it's wonders are the soul of my work." My paintings range from formal portraits of egrets, herons and peacocks to whimsical renderings of parrots, sea turtles, and ocean creatures with paisley borders and brilliant color combinations that add freshness to the subjects.
South Carolina is heaven! I never dreamed of a place that comes close to the "Low Country". Lush marshes are filled with birds of many species - great blue herons, little blue herons, great egrets, snowy egrets and ibis, to name a few. Marsh edges provide homes for blue-birds and wrens. Spanish moss provides a dramatic visual image, romantic yet spooky, as it sways in the wind and reminds me of the explorers beards. The leaf shapes of palms, live oaks, and bamboo are intriguing. The resurrection fern's miracle is a favorite - it changes from brown to green as it is revived by rain. Islands and beaches are only minutes away -- where a causal stroll expands into the excitement of filling bags with tiny treasures.
One of my favorite anecdotes occurred at an outdoor art show where a group of fellow artists and I overheard a grandmother warn her grandaughter, "You better work harder at school or you'll wind up like these gypsies traveling from town to town!" I've had the pleasure of exhibiting at many shows over the years and always have found new friends among the artists and patrons.
Exhibits:
Cleveland Play House Geauga County Ohio Parks
The Garden Center of Greater Cleveland Mildred Thomas & Company
Holden Arboretum Krohn Conservatory, Garden Show
Cleveland Women's City Club Cincinnati Design Center(To the trade)
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Gallery 22
Fairmount Center Art Design Consultants
Chagrin Valley Art Center Blue Moon Gallery
National City Bank Row House
Donald W. Meyer Center Cincinnati Nature Center
Charles Street Gallery Beaufort Art Association
Hilton Head Art Association Pinckney Simons Gallery
Juried Exhibitions:
Ohio Mart, Stan Hywett Hall & Garden Wyoming Art Show
Art by the Falls - Russel Show -
2nd Place2 Dimensional First Place
Lakewood Arts Festival Hyde Park
Boston Mills Artfest Cincinnati Flower Show
Front and Center Art Fest ‑ Montgomery Show -
Purchase Award Best in Show
Cain Park Madeira Art Fair
Gates Mills Annual Art Show – Salt Fork Festival ‑
Honorable Mention First Place Peoples Choice
Crooked River Arts Festival ‑ Mt Adams -
Honorable Mention First Place
Worthington Art Festival Nature Art Festival
F.O.S.P. Art Market St. James Court
Hathaway Brown Chautauqua of the Arts
Agnon Fine Arts & Howard Allen Events:
Crafts Exhibition Beechwood Show
Hobe Sound
Del Ray Beach
Piccolo Spoleto - Honeyhorn (Hilton Head) –
Honorable Mention Merit Award
Fernandina Beach Fine Art Show Summerfair – Third Place
Round the Fountain - Lake Eustis Fine Arts Festival-
Purchase Award Merit Award
Bonita Springs National - Glenn Art In The Park-
Award of Distinction First Place
Collections: Commisioned By:
Banks Cleveland Zoo
Interior Designers Chagrin Falls Chamber of Commerce
Business Firms Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Private Collections Society for Crippled Children Mayfield Library