Bio
Katie lives in Colorado, though she spent most of her life in Tennessee. She’s a cat enthusiast and scribbler of cartoons. She spends much of her time doodling comics, playing the ukulele, and adventuring into nature to discover its magic. When she’s not sketching and petting kittens she also teaches high school art.
Arist Statment
Life is hectic and anxiety-inducing. I often feel overwhelmed by the pressures of society and for good reason. There are plenty of important things to worry about. The question, does all that worry help? Probably not, being sad about the past or anxious about the future only makes you freeze up, unable to act. Is it possible to learn to enjoy life’s colorful and joyful sides and still care about the world around you? I think so.
The topics I seek to explore through my art is how to joyfully exist in the present and how to approach the world around myself with kindness and hopefulness.
Magical forests, overflowing nature, naive raccoons, and derpy birds are my response to my own inner cynic and pessimist. My art is a reminder to myself to exist in the moment and embrace the joys in life while they’re there.
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”