"Untitled"
19.5" x 15.5"
Mixed Media $800

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Katie Woodall has lived in Taos for 25 years, continually finding new ways to assemble images and textures inspired by this edge of mountain desert.  Originally from the deep South, the natural feminine forms found so readily in the temperate moist richness there have been replaced over time by inquiries into physical interactions of hot, cold, wet, dry. Perceptions of essential elements in a broad translation of the sacred appear in her “studies”.  Complex surface media is as much a part of the image as the color or form, often resulting in very unusual, intimate pieces.  Current explorations include diminutive icons, specific occasion altars, and mixed media assemblage with some large paintings.  Woodall has received awards in categories of abstraction and mixed media.  Showing continually since 1984, her one woman show in May, 2006 sold half the work exhibited.

Experience
Artist, designer
Educator (high school): Art, humanities, writing. Currently teaching CMHS, Taos
Grant work in arts education and festival arts.  Currently developing YAM (young artists manifesting)
river watch volunteerism, land husbandry
5 children now adult, 3 grand children

Education
Bachelor of Creative Arts degree, UNC
continuous independent art course work over 30 years:
printmaking , painting, drawing, bookmaking, portraiture, nudes

Art Skills
Installations, altars
Collage: paper, hard surface
Paintings: acrylic and mixed media mostly
Monotypes: chin colle, multiple drops (especially oil ink on inkwash)
Portraits: assemblage or direct media