Kathy Ferguson
Edwards, CO
Mixed media artist, Kathy Ferguson, paints colorful abstract settings that are whimsical, richly layered, and complex.
Message
Kathy Ferguson, a mixed-media artist, paints colorful abstract settings that are whimsical, richly layered, and complex. Using combinations of geometric and organic shapes, she creates imaginary worlds using paint, collage paper, and ink. Her colors are often bold and saturated, alluding to worlds that are more illusory than authentic, places more commonly found in dreams than in reality.
Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries coast to coast, including the National Association of Women Artists Gallery in New York. Her work is held in many collections, including the Plaza Hotel in New York, the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston, the Belmond Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Boston Children's Hospital.
Kathy received her MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Statement
My work grows out of a deep love for both the natural world and the sense of order found in shape, pattern, and structure. I am drawn to the way botanical forms and geometric elements can live side by side, each bringing something important to the other. With my roots in both engineering and art, I use color, abstraction, and layered imagery to explore that balance between control and surprise, order and wildness.
I create my paintings and collages slowly, building them layer by layer and letting parts of the image emerge, disappear, and return. In many ways, that feels true to life and to nature, where change is constant and beauty is often found in the middle of transformation. I hope my work feels full of energy and wonder, and that the longer someone spends with a piece, the more it offers back.