Kathy Daywalt
During the month of May, from the 1st - 29th, Kathy Dewalt's acrylic and oil paintings will fill the walls of the Blanche Ames Gallery. A reception for members, friends, and the public with an opportunity to meet this artist will be held on May 1st from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM.The Blanche Ames Gallery is located in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd. Frederick, MD 21703. Visiting hours may vary throughout the month. Please phone the office (301) 473-7680.
Kathy Daywalt is a prolific working artist with 40 years of successful experience in a variety of mediums. Her works have been included in numerous juried exhibitions and one-person shows. These works are in private collections from New York to California. In 2011 Daywalt began to revisit her original art interest - watercolor. She has been studying the effects of the medium on Yupo, polypropylene plastic, originally used for permanent outdoor signs. Her interest in figures and beautifully patterned compositions is evident in these new works. More importantly, her long experience with linocut printmaking has carried over to this new endeavor as she employs artist-made linocut stamps as well as found objects to create her richly textured, patterned paintings. In 2014 Kathy has been worked with the Linda Jones Enterprises in celebration of the 75th Anniversary Edition of the digitally re-mastered and 3-D version of Warner Brothers “The Wizard of Oz”. A selection of her paintings was featured at the premier of the film at TCL Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman’s Chinese) and travelled to the three Chuck Jones Galleries as part of the celebration. Kathy began following her calling as a child. Working full time while being a wife and mother, she continued to make time for art. She graduated Suma Cum Laude from Anne Arundel Community College with an AA Degree in Fine Art in 1995 and has continued in serious study with a variety of successful, professional artists. She is a Signature Member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society, and a member of Maryland Federation of Art as well as Baltimore Creative Alliance. She is represented at Gallery C, Raleigh, NC; Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, MD; Benfield Gallery, Severna Park, MD; Artist at Work, Stevensville, MD; Biblion, Lewes DE; Bishop’s Stock Fine Art, Snow Hill, MD; Her works are listed with Artspan.com, a search sight for art collectors.
Artist's Statement I find figures to be continually interesting and beautiful. Color is delicious, and textures and patterns are fascinating! These are a few of the reasons I continue to be an artist, continue to push to the edge. This is where figures and other objects, indeed, even landscapes, can become just left or right of center, not quite dead on, a little quirky and evocative. Bold color thrills me – subtle color and nuance draw me in to see what is there. I enjoy the give and take that water media provides – watercolor, gouache, watercolor crayons and pencils – sometime I tell them what to do. But sometimes, they tell me.
Oil painting is a newer endeavor in which I’m seeking a voice similar to the one I feel I have with watercolor.
Exhibitions: • Three Women Painters, Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, MD, April 2016 • Solo Exhibition, Imagined People & Places, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD, March 2016 • Solo Exhibition, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Snow Hill, MD - July 2015 • Watercolor Wonderings, Solo Exhibition, Studio at Gulf & Pine, Anna Maria, FL - May 2015 • ACCR/Case[werks], Art & Community, Baltimore, MD - December 2014 • Women of Wonder, Two Women Using Unconventional Materials, Daywalt/Farrow-Savos at Gallery C, Raleigh, NC, July 2014 • Solo Exhibition, “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”, Benfield Gallery, Severna Park, MD - November 2013 • Featured at World Premier of the Anniversary Edition of Warner Bros. “Wizard of Oz” at TCL Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman’s Chinese) Hollywood, CA, September 2013 • Three Artist Exhibit, Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD2012 • Blockprint Explosion, Solo Exhibition, Ginger Cove Gallery, Riva, MD 2012 • Featured Artist “Mermaids of the Chesapeake II”, Group Exhibition, Benfield Gallery, Severna Park, MD-2012 • Mermaids of the Chesapeake, Solo Exhibition, Benfield Gallery, Severna Park,
