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Art Show: PACIFIC IMPRESSIONS

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October 2, 2014 — January 2015

ARTIST STATEMENT

My point of view is expressive, instinctive and abstract. When approaching a painting my intention is to capture the atmosphere or energy: a glimpse of or the essence of a person, place or thing. I draw a lot of inspiration from the Abstract Expressionist traditions: thick textures, a deeply worked ground, freely mixed abstract and representational forms, an approach that is painterly, gestural and intuitive. I admire and try to emulate these practices in the context of my own work. 

When I'm painting the two most important things to me are color & texture. I paint quickly, have a lot of ideas and always work on more than one painting at a time. I like to use acrylic paints because they dry fast which makes it easy for me to quickly add many layers of paint. I like to to build up the surface of the painting with many textures & colors. I often use mixed media elements like glass, dried flowers, paper, plastic, fabric and  found objects. When I do, I try to incorporate them in a subtle natural way. The goal is to create a surface similar to a topical map. Colors reminiscent of an old building, worn and full of char­ac­ter with cracks revealing the bits of paint under­neath. 

See more work from Katie Collins.

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Reading & Film Screening: GUNTA'S STORY

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

GUNTA'S STORY by Katie Loughmiller
Otis College of Art & Design
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition

GUNTA'S STORY is about one woman's experience with immigration, giving a child up for adoption, and the search for identity amidst a strict cultural upbringing with traditional female roles.

Writer, artist, and educator Katie Loughmiller is originally from Boston and now lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood.