Kat Collins
Allentown, PA
Kat is an abstract artist who paints abstract landscapes that engage universal themes of mysticism, time, and the transience of life.
MessageKat Collins is an abstract expressionist artist who lives and works in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Art from Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
Her abstract landscape paintings are not a copy of nature, but instead are a poetic story written in collaboration between the artist and the viewer, inviting the viewer into its spaces and inspiring contemplation and personal connections along a remote trail of memory. Working primarily with acrylic paint, her work combines moody, vivid colors, thick textures, and energetic marks, hinting at memories of light, space, landscapes, and atmospheres while embodying emotional weather. Her paintings engage universal themes of mysticism, time, and the transience of life.
Kat’s art has been selected and juried for exhibitions presented by the Lehigh Art Alliance, a prestigious Pennsylvania-based organization. They have been held at Ronald K. De Long Gallery and David E. Rodale and Rodale Family Galleries in Pennsylvania, among other venues. She has also exhibited at Gallery 840, The Boyer Gallery, and Connexions Gallery in Pennsylvania.
Statement
The sacredness of the natural world – trees, water, animals, plants, sky, moon, sun, stars – from my travels influence my artwork heavily. I am constantly seeking the divine within nature, rather than beyond it, re-enchanting the awe, wonder, magic, and interconnectedness within us to the world around us. It’s about finding my place in nature, and discovering that illusive sense of genuine belonging. It’s about being truly in the moment, aware of the presence of life around you, and letting it fill you.
I believe the communication with the viewer of my paintings is the most central element of my work as an artist, to transport them wherever they want to go. I feel that each painting is a poetic story written in collaboration between myself as the artist and you, the viewer, inviting you into its spaces and inspiring contemplation and personal connections along a remote trail of memory.
I strive to make abstract paintings that reach beyond the events of here and now, and that engage universal themes of mysticism, time, and the transience of life. Working primarily in acrylic paint with palette knives on canvas, my work combines moody, vivid colors, thick textures, and energetic marks, hinting at memories of light, space, landscapes, and atmospheres while embodying emotional weather. It is this mix of intention and intuition that brings depth and mystery to my paintings, encouraging you to fill in the “gaps” left by me and by my suggestive handling of paint and illusion.
Paintings are available as originals or prints. Available for commissions, as well as consultancy and artist for interior designers. To learn more, visit my website at https://www.katcollinsart.com
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