55th Anniversary Juried Member's Exhibit - 2023

Kathy DeVries is an urban naturalist who has been creating modern art quilts for over ten years. By marrying fiber arts, natural science illustration, and design, she focuses on the small creatures found in our everyday lives. She is interested in modernizing historical natural science illustration from the 18th and 19th century.
Kathy will graduate from the rigorous Rhode Island School of Design Natural Science Illustration Program in Spring 2024. She also studies painting under Sarah Kaiser, MFA, in Evanston, Illinois. Many of Kathy’s most recent illustrations focus her beloved Great Lakes region plants, insects, animals, and landscapes. She is interested in how wildlife and the urban environment co-exist.
Prior to her art career, Kathy was a corporate marketing executive for over thirty years. Her work has been shown at exhibits throughout the Midwest and is a board member of Wisconsin Craft.