Kathy OConner (Lakewood, CO)

There are many life experiences that cannot be portrayed in representational art. Expressing emotions is at the heart of my abstract work in acrylic and mixed media. Utilizing my own life and the lives of others as inspiration, I reach deep into memories of emotion and life experience. Music often plays a role in my inspiration. I play music while I paint and songs trigger memories and emotions of times past and present. Sometimes the painting comes first and then the music solidifies it. Sometimes it’s the other way around. Exploring new materials and applications brings joy to my creativity. I relish the textures and visual effects of paint and mixed media.The feeling of paint, its various viscosities, and adding subtle and not-so-subtle effects, allows me to express the subject and engage the viewer to feel what I feel. Perhaps even generating their own emotional memories.

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  Title: Cloud Dance
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  Title: Blue Rondo a La Turk
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  Title: Waves of Joy
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