Artists » Kate Mueller

I love to draw, and I love to paint! It was drawing the life around me that propelled me at a young age into a lifelong relationship with art. Now I am a realist painter, using my love of drawing as a firm foundation, and my goal is to show the viewer the beauty and vibrancy of something they might not notice on their own. To do this I work ala prima, with immediacy and energy. Often I feel that realism becomes practiced and careful…I hope to avoid that. To me my most successful pieces are those in which boldness and delicacy are both present; in color, drawing, brushwork and composition, and I am always working to perfect that balance. As I strive to achieve this balance with my technique, I choose the subjects of my paintings hoping to highlight the beauty of the everyday. When I succeed, even the smallest of my paintings calls out to the viewer to look more deeply into not only the beauty of the artwork, but the beauty that surrounds all of us each and every day.

Importantly, my artistic inspirations are Frans Hals, for the virtuosity of his brushwork. John Singer Sargent, for his command of color, draftsmanship, brushwork; everything. And most of all my Mother, who taught me by example that no good art comes easily, but only through sticking to it and letting it go.

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