| "As a landscape
painter, I am primarily
interested in responding to the color and patterns of light. Around Chicago, our lakefront
harbor settings, skies and reflective patterns of water constantly inspire me. The Indiana
Dune National Lakeshore, just along the bend at the bottom of Lake Michigan, is also a
source of visual excitement with the changing shadows and light during different times of
day and seasons.
I love working outside and work more and more on location. I am challenged by the quickly
changing light and atmospheric conditions. Chicago offers so much to my senses; even the
varieties of gray are becoming more interesting to me. My current work responds to the
flat, watery landscapes out in the forest preserves near my home. I'm also back and forth
to the city to respond to the rapidly changing environment on the near west side—of
new and old, people and buildings, reflections in windows and doorways."
BIOGRAPHY
Kathleen Newman, PSA, MWS, ASMA
12325 90th Avenue Palos Park, IL 60464
PH & FX (708) 448-0607 QueenvArtz@aol.com
www.kathleennewman.com
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Formal
Education |
The School of the Art Institute, Chicago IL
The American Academy of Art, Chicago IL
Studied with Al Brouillette, Jeanne
Dobie, Albert Handell,
Gregg Kreutz, David Leffel, Burt Silverman, and Sally Strand |
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Juried
Exhibitions |
2003 Chicago Solutions Show Ed Paschke juror
2003 International Artist Magazine Gardens Finalist Award
2003 Pastel Society of America Invitational Exhibition
Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown OH
2002 Pastel Artist International Magazine Finalist Award
Artists Magazine Landscape Finalist Award
2001 Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Invitational, Elmhurst Art Museum IL
2001 International Association Of Pastel Societies, Santa Fe NM
Merit Award
2001 Finalist IAPS Convention Cover Award, Santa Fe NM
2001 Pastel Journal 2nd Place and Finalist Awards, Pastel 100
2000 Pastel Journal Merit and Finalist Award, Pastel 100
1999 Artists Magazine Landscape Competition Finalist
1999 74th Annual Pastel Society of America
National Arts Club, New York City
Hermitage Museum, Norfolk ,VA, PSA Travel Exhibition
1999 Chicago Windy City Artists National Juried Show
1999 Other Side of the Lake Exhibition, New Buffalo, MI
Merit Award and Purchase Award
1999 Southwest Splendor, Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, IL
1998 Artscape Hyde Park, Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago 2nd place award
1998 Annual Other Side of the Lake Exhibition, New Buffalo, MI
Merit Award
1998 “Portraits by Women” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 “Women’s Works, 1998” Woodstock, IL
1998 Watermedia Exhibition, Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, IL
Artscape Hyde Park ’97, Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL
3rd Place and People’s Choice Awards
77th Annual National Watercolor Society Exhibition,
La Brea Art Museum, La Brea, CA Jeanne Dobie, Juror
10th Annual Midwest Pastel Society Show, Schaumburg, IL
1997 Annual Dunes Show, Gallery North, New Buffalo, MI
1997 Other Side of the Lake Exhibition, New Buffalo, MI
22nd Annual Midwest Transparent Watercolor Society Show,
Creativity Award and Signature Letters Tony Van Hasselt, Juror
1997 Watermedia Exhibition, Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, IL
130th Annual American Watercolor Society Show,
Salmagundi Club, New York City
“Fine Line Between Art & Illustration”
Brattleboro, Vermont Trina Schart Hyman, Juror
Artscape Hyde Park ’96, Smart Museum, Chicago, IL
1st Place Award
2nd Annual Irving Shapiro Watercolor Competition, 1996
Chicago, IL Robert Wade, Juror
20th Annual Midwest Transparent Watercolor Society Show
Green Bay, WI Katherine Chang Liu, Juror
1996 Watermedia Exhibition, Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, IL
1996 Other Side of the Lake Exhibition, New Buffalo, MI
1995 Annual Dunes Show, Gallery North, New Buffalo MI
18th Annual Midwest Transparent Watercolor Society Show WI
8th Annual Midwest Pastel Society Show, State of Illinois Building
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Exhibitions |
June, 2003 Solo show,”Fermilandscapes” Fermilab National Laboratory, Bativia IL
October, 2002 “Chicago Open” Art Institute Gallery, Chicago IL
September, 2002 2-person show, Palette & Chisel, Chicago IL
October, 2001 2-person show, Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago IL
October, 2001 “Chicago Open” Art Institute Gallery, Chicago IL
November, 2000 “Chicago Open” Art Institute Gallery, Chicago IL
September, 2000 2-person show, Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago
November, 1999 “Chicago Open” Art Institute Gallery, Chicago IL
October, 1999 5-person show, Old Town Triangle Gallery, Chicago
September, 1999 2-person show, Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago
June-October, 1999 “Cowlaboration” Chicago Cows Public Art
February,1999 Chicago Art Scene, Belloc-Lowndes. Chicago
November, 1998 “Chicago Open” Art Institute Gallery, Chicago, IL
Oct. ’98 Four-person show Palette & Chisel Academy, Chicago
November 1997 2nd Annual Group Show An Art Place Gallery
November 1996 Celebration: Chicago Artists Month
An Art Place Gallery, Chicago IL
1996 Palette & Chisel Academy Silver Show (Award)
September 1994 Solo show Vanderpoel Gallery,
Beverly Art Center, Chicago IL
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| Publications |
Best of Portraits published 1998 Northlight Books
The Chicago Art Scene by Ivy Sundell, CrowWoods Publishing 1998
The Pastel Journal March/April 2000 and March/April 2001
The International Artist Magazine IAPS Award July/August 2001
Pastel Artist International, May/June 2002 Finalist Award and Master Artists of the World Showcase
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| Corporate
Collections |
Disney, Orlando FL, 1st National Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina
Ameritech Corporation, NYC and Detroit, Michigan
IBM and MCI, Chicago, IL
Bank of Montreal, Chicago, IL and Quebec, Canada
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| Gallery
Representation |
AnamArt Gallery, Naperville IL
The FountainSide Gallery, Wilmington NC
EDL & Associates, Atlanta, GA
Susan Nappa Cocke Fine Art, New York, NY
Art4Business, Philadelphia PA
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| Professional Organizations |
Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America,
Signature Member of the Midwest Watercolor Society,
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists, U.S.Coast Guard Professional Artists, Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America, Great Lakes Pastel Society, National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Graphic Artists Guild, Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago |
Published in Books
& Journals
See also: Awards
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The Pastel Journal
The Magazine for Artists
March/April 2000
see it at www.pasteljournal.com |
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Merit Award: Running the Line,22"x28"
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Kathleen Newman has been sailing since she was a
kid. "Sailing is a big part of my life," she says. The painting
Running the Line refers to the starting line of a sailboat race.
"The reflections in the water have always excited me," she says, "especially in the late afternoon light."
Though she loves the water and harbor scenes all around Lake Michigan, Kathleen paints the urban scenes as well,
finding an old world feel to a Chicago street, a mysterious glimpse into an Old Town courtyard. |
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Finalist:
Early Morning Breeze |
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She paints people and
their neighborhoods as well as their buildings, piers and ocean views. "I love to travel
other places," she says, "but, it's best to paint what you know, what you see
the most." For Kathleen, that's going to be near the water. |
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