Kathleen Shaver

Kathleen Shaver is an abstract painter who lives and works in the Hudson Valley area of New York. Her work is inspired by experiences of the surrounding mountains, fields, forests, lakes and streams.

Kathleen studied at Moore College of Art & Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. Her work has been included in a major survey of contemporary Philadelphia artists at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and in exhibits at PAFA, Woodmere Art Museum, the James A. Michener Art Museum, Attleboro Arts Museum, the University of Maryland Art Gallery, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and The Galleries at Moore.

In addition to the Rodger LaPelle Galleries and 3rd Street Gallery in Philadelphia, Shaver has exhibited in galleries located in Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C. and Texas. She is the recipient of numerous awards for painting and her work is included in both private and corporate collections.




ARTIST STATEMENT:

My paintings are best described as a search for the primal. I am particularly interested in our sensory perceptions and how, when unmediated by reflective thought, they can reveal to us a kind of primordial awareness, an attuneme...

Moore College of Art & Design
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts