Kate grew up in Massachusetts and now works near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from
the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and a
Concentration in English Literature. In 2011, she worked and studied in Rome, Italy as part of the
European Honors Program.
Growing up in historical wooded New England, Kate developed an innate love for nature and a deep
curiosity for the past. As she traveled and learned about other countries and cultures, she was also
fascinated by tales from myth and folklore which seemed to imbue the everyday world with
supernatural mystery. Today, Kate’s work invites the viewer into a world of heroines and goddesses that
feels as real as it does magical.

Kate has worked in scratchboard exclusively for the past 14 years. She uses only an x-acto blade as well
as thin washes of ink which are brushed and stippled to darken and correct, the scratchboard version of
an eraser. Her technique draws inspiration from classical painting as well as drawing, having developed
a method of layering delicate marks for a soft and luminous effect in the spirit of chiaroscuro and
sfumato. Her recent work contrasts the cool gray and black of scratchboard with the shining warmth
of gold leaf.