Richard Kattman

As a landscape architect by profession and a painter by passion, I create large-scale, abstract plein-air canvases rooted in the coastlines of Rhode Island and the vineyards of Tuscany.

My work is an exploration of nature and the intrinsic act of painting. By manipulating color, line, and form, I seek order and meaning within pure and landscape-driven abstraction.

My studio practice is fueled by aerial perspectives, spontaneous accidents, and deliberate risk-taking. Recent residencies from Nantucket to Wyoming have deeply infused my work with the unique light and culture of dramatically different environments. When I am not painting or teaching at the Providence Art Club, Danforth Museum, and New Art Center, I find inspiration in world travel, classical music, and the outdoors.

The award-winning work I create is represented by Saatchi Art, Singulart, and Gallery Twist, and is held in private and public collections across the US and Europe.

Rhode Island School of Design, 1973
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Pennsylvania State University,
Certificate of Graduation Ornamental Horticulture, 1967

"The Color of Experience"; PROVIDENCE ART CLUB, 2025
Abstract Paintings from Greece

"Suggestions", PROVIDENCE ART CLUB, 2023
Abstract Paintings

LA MACINA DI SAN CRESCI (Italy): Richard Kattman Abstract Paintings, Jan-Feb 2023

CAPE COD CULTURAL CENTER,
"Winter Magic", March 2022

GALLERY TWIST, "Fresh"; SEP 2024

PROVIDENCE ART CLUB, " The Color of Experience", June 2025; "Class" and Winter Members Shows, January 2022-Present; "The Big Show", January February, 2023, 2024; August, 2021; "Perspectives"; March 2021; Members Exhibition, 2023, 2020; Summer Show, August 2020; Class Exhibition 2020; Linden Place Show 2020; Winter Members Exhibition, 2019; New Members Exhibition, Sep, 2018; National Open Juried Exhibition, 2013

WAYLAND ARTS, "Paros", November 2021;
Abstract Paintings, August, 2019; April 2019

MPRESSA E ARTE", Il Cotto Toscano S'Illumina, Nel Giardino del Zago, September 28, Strada in Chianti, Italy, 2018

ARTS AND BUSINESS COUNCIL OF BOSTON, Corporate Lending Lending Program, 2015-Present

DE CORDOVA MUSEUM, Lincoln, MA
Corporate Lending Program, 2012-Present

GALLERY BLINK, Lexington, MA,"Humdrum" 2019,"Illuminations" 2018, "WORDplay", "Connections", 2017

HOTEL ALOFT, Lexington, MA
"Red Yellow Blu...