ARTIST STATEMENT

.I CREATE works on paper from my home studio, using inspiration from nature, Pacific North West Native symbolism, propaganda posters, wild woman archetypes, and verbal affirmations & mantras.

.I am INSPIRED BY Frida Kahlo’s masculinity, Barbara Kruger’s proclamations, Shepard Fairy’s activism, Bridget Riley’s painterly abstracts, and Tracey Emin’s vulnerability.

.For me, ART IS a sigh of relief and a sense of control at the same time.  It is playful.  It is challenging.  It is a new adventure every time.

.I use ACRYLIC, GOUACHE, & INK on canvas, paper, or wooden panels.   The triangle is present in most of my drawings.  It is a symbol that represents change, stability, and femininity.

.VISUAL POEMS are phrases found in books, poetry, podcasts, and news articles combined with my love for painting & printmaking.

ABOUT

Kat Lawlis is an artist and art educator.  She was raised in Charlotte, Vermont and educated in Painting at Rhode Island School of Design and Teaching at Lewis and Clark College.  

Portland, Oregon was her home for the past decade but now she resides in Burlington, Vermont.

Kat has 8+ years of experience as an art educator in alternative high schools and youth education programs.  She has co-owned a farm. She has been a ceramicist.  

Her current projects include painting on canvas & panel as well as works on paper using linoleum block printing, goauche, and sumi ink. Her artworks are composed of mantras and hand drawn patterns to create a visual poem.