Katherine McDowell Patterson
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Sleeping Wolf, pencil, 18x24, 2009
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Katherine McDowell Patterson received her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art in and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been shown at the Zabriskie Gallery and Pheonix Gallery in Manhattan and Brooklyn Artist's Gym, Momenta Gallery, MicroMuseum and NurtureArt Gallery in Brooklyn. Regionally, she has shown her work at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY, Saratoga Arts Center, Pelham Art Center, Cooperstown Art Association and Chautauqua Institute among others. Her work has been in the flat files at Pierogi Gallery since 1998, and is currently online at drawingcenter.org, artistsspace.org, re-title.com, and brooklynartscouncil.org.
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Wolves Running, pencil, 30x40, 2009
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Snake Nest, pencil, 18x24, 2009
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Porcupine, pencil, 18x24, 2009
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Spring Thaw, dyed velvet, 20x30, 2009
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My drawings show animals doing various activities, typically watching, hunting, sleeping or nesting. These are the most fundamental of behaviors of any animal, and represent the basic elements of species survival. The stark blackness of graphite on white paper, which is often left partially blank, isolates the subjects and makes them seem alone, even when in a pair. Detailed pencilling lends delicacy to the drawings, and the texture of fur, scales, and feathers makes the creatures tangible, as if you could reach out and touch the wild things. My renderings illustrate a harsh but elegant existence in the animal kingdom.
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Early Bloom, dyed velvet, 18x24, 2009
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I paint on velvet because of its soft, luminous surface, and use dyes to achieve both saturated and subtle coloration. My dyed images of landscapes and flowers have a loose, watery style, in contrast to the realism of my pencil drawings. With their rustically applied color, the paintings portray the melting, runny season of spring when blooms burst forth through the cover of old snow.
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