About the Artist
Katy Boggs
OPA, LPAPA, PSA, PSWC
Katy has been engaged in artistic expression since childhood – drawing, painting or taking photos in classes, workshops and in her spare time. After combining business and design degrees at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Katy channeled her creativity into the field of retail buying. Even without real time to paint during those career years, Katy knew she would return to the easel sometime in her future. In 2014, as her youngest daughter started college, Katy jumped at the chance to re-immerse herself in the training and practice of painting – both in pastel and oil.
Since then, Katy has made a major commitment to her life-long interest in painting. Her self-guided art education began with demos, workshops, reading and constant practice. She is single-mindedly dedicated to a daily session – either in the hills, riverbanks, forests or sea bluffs near her home, or in the studio. She often paints en plein air to connect with the natural world around her, to hear the waves crashing or the gentle sound of songbirds and crickets. When the outside world intrudes on these sessions, she is itching to double down on her painting time the next day. She is truly invigorated by the journey that she has begun, recognizing that there is much more study, practice and experience to be gained ahead!
Katy is at her truest self when she paints – purposefully alone, trying to capture the emotion that compels her to paint a scene. Painting is an interior experience where she can dig deep for creativity and self-expression. Katy expresses quietude and harmony in her paintings, bringing to life a scene’s essence, atmosphere and mystery.
Follow her adventure on Instagram @katycboggs
JURIED ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
LPAPA Less IS More “Tumbling Turning”~ 2022
PSA 35th International Exhibition “Trickle” ~ 2021
PSWC Members Only Online Show “A Closer Look” ~ 2021
PSA Enduring Brilliance “A Closer Look” ~ 2020
PSWC Members Only Online Show “Echoing Ripples” ~ 2020
IAPS Thirty-fifth Juried Exhibition “Mosaic” ~ 2019
EXHIBITIONS
PSWC Pastels USA International Show ~ Art Center Morro Bay ~ Morro Bay ~ 2022
Small Works ~ Awarded Honorable Mention ~ Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA ~ 2022
Still-life ~ Sebastopol Center for the Arts ~ Sebastopol, CA ~ 2022
Cohesion ~ Twin Peaks Art Center ~ Belmont, CA ~ 2021
Women & Strength ~ Twin Pines Art Center ~ Belmont, CA ~ 2019
Fruition: Harvesting Imagination ~ Gallery 9 ~ Los Altos, CA ~ 2018
Small Works Juried Show ~ Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA ~ 2017
Juried Special Guest Artist ~ Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA ~ 2017
AFILLIATIONS
OPA-Member Artist (Juried)
CAC-Associate Artist
PSWC-Member Artist
PSA-Member Artist (Juried)
WCA-Member Artist
IN PERSON INSTRUCTORS
In oil paint: Noah Buchanan, Jane Hunt, Kathleen Dunphy, Michael Klein, Justin Woods, Carlos Russo, Devin Cecil-Wishing and Kathleen Speranza
In soft pastel: Richard McKinley, Kim Lordier, Barbara Jaenicke, Liz Hayward Sullivan and Clark Mitchell
EDUCATION
BS in Design ~ University of Wisconsin ~ 1984