The Portrait of Kathy was painted while I was working
on a large series of what I called The Black Heads—
meaning heads on a flat black ground.  They were all
painted from life. Kathy Gscheidle, a student at Messiah
at the time, was part of a group of art students with
whom we were particularly close — and a terrific model. 
That t-shirt, by the way, was imprinted with the name
of a rock group that had "1000" in its name. I exhibited
the entire series of portraits in the Aughinbaugh Gallery
at Messiah in 1994.—C Prescott.

Catherine Prescott taught painting and drawing at Messiah
College for 20 years. In 2012 she was awarded Honorable
Mention I in the Portrait Society of America members-only competition and in 2010 won the Salmagundi Club Award,
The National Arts Club, NY. Most impressively, she was one
of 51 finalists chosen from over 4,000 entries for the Outwin Boochever 2006 Portrait Competition at the National
Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. and has been honored to
be selected again in 2012 for that competition.