Kat Crosby
Lafayette, LA, United States
The creative process for me is one that is both automatic and emotional. When I go into my studio I ...
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Kat Crosby
Joined In 2014
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About the artist
Kat Crosby
Joined In 2014
(1056 Followers)
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The creative process for me is one that is both automatic and emotional. When I go into my studio I always go with a sense of wonder and ‘what if’. Creating my art is like being on a curving mountain road or exploring an unknown path; ups and downs, highs and lows, twists and turns. I try to approach each piece without fear of doing something wrong. I let the piece shape itself and bring me along for the ride. Like life, my pieces are constant movement, constant change.
The creation process is cathartic, allowing my emotions to spill out onto my canvas as a release.
Sometimes conflicts have to be overcome, but at other times, when I'm in the moment and not really thinking about where the painting is going, I just let it take me where it needs to go. That's when it's magical, when I don't have to think, I just have to do.
I had one viewer of my work comment that "I used color, texture and shape without fear."
Being an abstract expressionist, I don’t like to tell people what I was thinking when doing a painting because most of the time I don’t know myself. I just want to experiment and explore...discover the possibilities. I really would like for them to take away from the work what speaks to them. I don't want to put any ...
Self Taught through trial and error over the years. Taken an occasional workshop or class here and there.
The "Eye of the Beholder" exhibit at the Lafayette Art Association Gallery - Fall 2009, Summer 2010, Fall 2011 and Summer 2012
Group Exhibit - City Club Gallery, Lafayette, LA - Fall 2010
Group Exhibit - Lafayette Art Association Gallery - Summer 2011, 2012
Solo Exhibit at Poupart's Bistro and Gallery in Lafayette, LA - Aug. and Sept. 2011
Solo Exhibit at Tsunami Restaurant and Gallery - Baton Rouge, LA Summer 2012
Group Exhibit at Village Cafe Gallery - Lafayette, LA Summer 2012
Solo show - Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Fredericks, Art for all Seasons, Lafayette, LA - Fall 2012
Group Exhibit - 9th, 10th 11th and 12th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Showcase, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Group Exhibit - Basin Arts Gallery 2021, 2022
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