M Kathleen Warren

Creativity has been part of Kathleen’s life from as early as she can remember. In her late teens, she fell in love with photography, and over the years she learned to use the tools of light, composition, and photo-manipulation to express herself. During a career teaching biological sciences in higher education, she also earned her A.S. degree in photography at Daytona State College. She has continued to create images with personal meaning and is currently working with alternative processing and mixed media encaustic methods that unite her photographic vision with hand-created art techniques in order to tell visual stories. She has been active in promoting the arts, and she takes great joy in teaching and sharing her passion for photography and art.

For my art, I get inspiration from the depth of our shared human experience, and for me each scene has its own compelling narrative. True to my photographic vision, I start each piece with a camera and use techniques such as slow shutter speed to portray an impressionist view of the scene. Then I allow the image to tell its tale as I add encaustic wax and build layers and textures as well as other media such as paints or pastels. This more tactile approach connects me more deeply to the work as the piece evolves. I invite both inner self and viewers to experience feel the art rather than passively look at it.

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