Katherine Treffinger

In the process of creating I find joy in discovering harmony and beauty among the chaos. This mirrors my relation to life. Whether viewing or creating a painting, what holds my attention the most is a sense of history and mystery. Painting for me is all about the paint and, of course, the color. I lay the paint down and then start responding to it. I push myself to go beyond what is safe, nice or precious. I go into a part of the work I am enjoying and do something completely out of control. This forces me to keep working it. The result is that there arises a unique complexity within the resulting painting that cannot be preplanned or explained. When I stand before an empty canvas or piece of paper, I am lost, unaware of what to do. In fact, my most satisfying work comes from staying lost. Navigational confidence is seldom productive for me. Each piece becomes the recording of a unique introspective exploration. I am primarily self taught.


"For vivid, saturated color and an intuitive mastery of composition and surface, it's hard to beat painter Katherine Treffinger. Her current show is an ode to chartreuse, turquoise and orange-red, interwoven with sinuous, meandering lines and circles that unify the picture plane and lend a...

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
East Oregonian Gallery, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR. 2018
Art Center East Gallery, La Grande, OR 'A thread of Truth' 2017
Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon. 2011
Willow Gallery, Walla Walla, Washington. Place + Context. 2010
Satellite Gallery, La Grande, Oregon. With Frank Janzen, 2009
Lorenzen Board Room Gallery, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, Oregon 2009
Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2004
Roche Bobois, Portland, Oregon 2003-04
Silver Creek Gallery, Silverton, Oregon 2003

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS:
Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, Oregon. Open Regional Exhibit. Award Third Place, Judge Nicole Pietrantoni, Whitman College
RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, Oregon Representation 2015-
Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, Oregon. Open Regional Exhibit. Award: Honorable Mention, Judge: Terri Hopkins, director and curator of The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, 2015
Arts East, La Grande, OR, Abstractions, 2013
Gallery 6 PDX, Portland, Oregon, Collaborative Group Show, 2013
12x16 Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Collaborative Group Show, 2012
Wantoot Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin 2011-2014
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, OR, J...