Kathleen Raash

medium: painting
wisconsin academy gallery artist

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Lake Study #532 2001 Painting	Lake Study #629 2006 Painting	Lake Study #628 2006 Painting
Lake Study #619 2006 Painting	Lake Study #617 2006 Painting	Lake Study #616 2006 Painting
Lake Study #615 2005 Painting	Lake Study #608 2005 Painting	Lake Study #603 2005 Painting
Lake Study #525 2001 Painting

Contact information
W 1630 Bear Trail Rd.
Gleason, WI 54435
Phone Number: 715-453-2762
Email Address: kraash@frontiernet.net

Artist statement
Texture, the sensual and tactile quality of paint, is an important element in my work. I build layers and veils of color through glazing, scumbling, wiping and scraping to achieve varying levels of translucency and depth. Color also plays a strong part in evoking an emotional, sensual response to the paintings.

Each painting is not of any specific location, but more a combination of memories of small northwoods lakes: the rippling reflections, the flickering dance of trees, the rich textures of barks, moss and water, the strong colors of the sunsets and northern lights. I use these images of northwoods to evoke more than what can be seen, to evoke the mystery and richness of life.

The texture is a direct quality of the light. The same roughness of tree bark and/or foliage can be seen in the clouds, sky and water also. This texture has an amorphous and biological quality, as if it was the outcome of accidental weathering over time.

In the lake studies, the quality of light reflected in the water is not a direct reflection of sky in water, rather, it expresses the changes found caused by the fluid motion of the surface of the water. The campfire studies explore the constant movement of the light created in an outside campfire. The light of dusk, dawn and sunset also intrigues me.

Biography
EDUCATION:
1978, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Master of Fine Arts
1972, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Bachelor of Science

SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD:
2002, Two Person Show, State Regional Arts Center, Eau Claire, WI
2001, Solo Show, Mount Senario College, Ladysmith, WI
2001, "Hit and Run," Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
2001, Three Person Show, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
2001, Three Person Show, Gallery 110 North, Plymouth,WI
2000, "Femalenergy II 2000," Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
2000, Solo Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Union Theater Gallery, Madison, WI
2000, Three Person Show, Riveredge Galleries, Mishicot, WI
1996, Solo Show, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, WI
1995, Three Person Show, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996, "View from Four Corners," Minnetonka Center, Wazata, MN
1995, Two Person Show, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI

HONORS:
2001, Wisconsin Arts Board "Percent for Art" Direct Purchase
2003 through 1997, biographey in Marquis Who's Who in America