Click on a thumbnail to see a full image of each piece.

Winged Victory 1996	Blanket of Red 1996	Red Balloon 1996
Sepia Z 1995	Circuits 1997	detail of Circuits 1997
Yellow Oval 1997	Lavender Hexagons 1997	Nancy's Favorite 1996
	That Day in July 1996

A R T I S T ' S   S T A T E M E N T   :   K a t h e r i n e   D e s m o n d   1 9 9 7

I am making "flat constructions" on wood. They may look like collages but there is no glue involved. I arrange any or all of these materials: gesso, oil paint, graphite, ink, charcoal, gouache, watercolor, enamel, paper, vellum, and cut up plastic bag...to a point of certitude. In the process, I hammer all this together with small copper tacks, left visible for-the-most-part. I rip away or add parts at any time to move the piece along.

Finally, I either enclose the finished construction with metal that I cut, paint, and fit around the edges of the board or I float it in a painted wooden frame. The possibilities seem endless and the activity involved suits my needs perfectly, each being approached as a purely visual, very experimental event in which I may or may not recognize aspects of the world I see around me.

Katherine Desmond
1996


A R T I S T ' S   R E S U M E   :   K a t h e r i n e   D e s m o n d   1 9 9 7

EDUCATION
1986, B.F.A.	State University of New York at Purchase Painting and Drawing Major, Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS
1996	Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, N.Y. "Diverse Fragments: a montage of Collage"
1991	Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY. Juried Exhibit of Works on Paper Jurors: Grace Glueck, Carole Pesner, Nancy Miller
1989	SUNY Purchase Group Show of Recent Graduates
1986	Drawing chosen for poster Purchase Poetry Review
1984	Mamaroneck Free Library. Exhibition of drawings
1983	Pratt Graphics Center. 9th International Print Exhibition
1982	Mamaroneck Artists Guild. Open Juried Show
OTHER INFO
1990-1997	Developed children's after school Art Program at the Mamaroneck Community Action Program (CAP) Center.
1988-1989	Taught drawing at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
1986-1990	Conducted "Drawing from Nature" workshops for children.