"What an honor to be a vehicle of records, capturing the reality of an age on canvas for times and peoples to come"

-Kathy Jones 

Kathy is a native of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, spending the majority of her childhood in the midst of the Amish countryside. Born with a natural talent for art, she strived to learn all she could through school, correspondence courses, and college, feeding and nurturing her passion for creativity.  Most recently Kathy has reserved time apart from commission work to develop a portfolio of animal and wildlife paintings. She plans on focusing on Pennsylvania subjects first, then enlarging the scope to include North America , and eventually the world.

Kathy’s formal art education consisted of attending Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  After college, the informal education began, and commission jobs started coming in. Much of the early work was using the traditional mediums including acrylics, oil, pen-and-ink, pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor. Kathy was also employed by Heritage Custom Kitchens in New Holland Pennsylvania to create custom artwork on kitchen cabinets. As a freelance artist, one of the largest commissioned jobs Kathy completed was painting a restaurant in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The owner wanted to create an environment of fantasy and exotic location. Some of the features of that accomplishment were faux painted money on the floor that people actually tried to pick up, a koi fish pond on the floor, and a faux balcony painted o a 30 foot wall.

Residing in Chester County Pennsylvania with her husband and 3 children, Kathy now works from her studio on her own personal artistic interests.   Those interests have now become a drive to capture as much on canvas as possible. Her approach to painting could be considered one that a portrait artist would take when painting a person; capturing the essence of the subject, with less emphasis on the surroundings. Kathy’s goal is realism. The work is not done until the overall impact is that of a photograph. Her work is highly detailed yet sometimes blurred to create that "out of focus" feel and bring the attention onto the subject. Kathy also enjoys capturing the qualities of light in a painting. From the back-lit reflection of sunlight on a flower, to the subtle color change in a shadow, every element contributes to the goal of realism.