Katherine Taylor — Painting the Invisible: Unveiling What’s Under the Sheen

Katherine Taylor is “Painting the Invisible: Unveiling What’s Under the Sheen” for her exhibit opening August 2, from 3-7pm during the Old Mill District’s First Friday Gallery Walk.

A classically trained artist, Katherine Taylor is focusing her August exhibit on depicting the underlying mystery of her subjects, to understand the invisible qualities lurking just below the surface of a person, animal, landscape or even a bowl of fruit. “My attempt is to break through the sheen of realism to a deeper level of meaning.”

Creating an accurately rendered work of art doesn’t make it one that touches the soul. Mastery can only be achieved when an artist goes beyond realism to capture the ‘essence’ of their subject. Light energy is mystical and helps to reveal ‘essence’. An artist can capture ‘essence’ by depicting movement and rhythm. Or by capturing the underlying emotion or the electromagnetic wavelength of light that makes and object visible. The reason that Katherine concentrates on painting the light surrounding a subject as much as the subject itself.

All the paintings in this body of work are Katherine’s attempt to paint the invisible, inspired by Rick Rubin’s wise adage: “Artists allow us to see what we are unable to see, but somehow already know.”

Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District open seven days a week. Call 541-385-9144 or website tumaloartco.com for full information.