Kathleen Steventon

Kathleen Steventon's color-infused animal paintings focus on the equine as well as other fauna of the American West. Steventon lives full-time in Pagosa Springs after moving here in 2003. Shortly after, Steventon was granted a commission by the San Juan Mountain Association to paint one of the 29 Pumas-on-Parade public art sculptures as a major fund-raising project. Her career was launched by this public art project, and has been steadily gaining steam, sophistication, and attention in the four Corners area.
 
ARTIST STATEMENT: Intuition and serendipity are the two most powerful resources that guide Steventon in the studio. She relies heavily on them as she strives to express her feelings for the subject. Primarily using the palette knife, Kathleen's images are quickly captured on canvas, which are reflected in the strong movement of the work. She loves to allow the viewer to fill in the 'missing' pieces by not revealing a full image, by selectively leaving out subject details to be wondered about. This leaves room for vast interpretation, giving way to the imagination, or even rejection of what is seen. That, for her, is a most important element of her work. It creates experiences of mystery and playfulness, which the artist feels are essential in both life and in painting.
 
WILD SPIRIT GALLERY Pagosa Springs, CO (970)264-9453 www.wildspiritgallery.com
 
AWARDS: 2008 - People's Choice Award, Pagosa Springs Arts Council 5th Juried Exhibition, Pagosa Springs, CO
 2007 - 1st Place Award, Visions of the West Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, CO
2007 - Honorable Mention Cover Art Contest, Mountain Connection Magazine, Evergreen, CO
2006 - 1st Place 2D All Colorado Show, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO.
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2008, July - Cover Artist, Mountain Connection, Volume XV, No. 8, Cover page, Evergreen, CO.
2008, June 19, "The Art of Resisting Desert Rock", Durango Telegraph by Jules Masterjohn, Durango, CO.
2008, April, Southwest Art, "Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show", Boulder, CO, page 100.
2007, April Southwest Art, "Start Your Collection", Boulder, CO, pages 34-35.
"Verano Fine Art Gallery" (ad) Southwest Art, Boulder, CO, March, 2007.
2006, November 10, The Daily Sentinel, "Backyard Artists" Grand Junction, CO, Sec. B, page 1.
2006, August, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center Newsletter, "Happenings" Greenwood Village, CO, page 23
 
 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2
008, November - Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO. 2008, October - Four-Person Show: "Abstraction on Nature", Ft. Lewis College Gallery, Durango, CO.
2008, April - Invitational Artist - Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO.
2008, March - Group Exhibition: "Abstractions of Nature", Gallery One & Two, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Steamboat Springs, CO
2007, June/July - Invitational Artist for the "New Works by New and Familiar Artists" Exhibition, Old Pass Gallery, Raton, NM