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"My work is dedicated to
natural elements through color and texture. My lines are the backbone of
my design. They are structural, define forms, and evoke emotion. I use
high intensity colors to generate brilliance, energy and contrast."
- Katie Balas
Katie
Balas with one of her paintings.
Turning
Leaf by artist Katie Balas.
Katie Balas (BAY-las) knew at an early age that
she wanted to be an artist. She went to school for graphic design,
excelled in illustration and photography, won student art shows, and
worked in the field for over ten years. She was successful in her ventures
but found the work was not as gratifying as expressing her own ideas on
canvas. It was not until 2003 that Katie began painting again. She was
returning to the freedom she had found with her palette of acrylic colors
and glazes. Working from her home studio, where she can be a mom, wife and
artist, she draws from her experience in graphic design to give balance
and consistency to her contemporary painting style. She is known for the
impressions she makes in her paintings by meticulously ‘carving’ her
visions into the paint. This technique, which is of her own creation,
gives her paintings an organic, fossilized look that is very distinct and
is the signature style for which she has become recognized for. Her
subject matter consists of conceptual landscapes, natural elements such as
earth and water, environmental issues, and galactic enigmas. The paintings
are also impossible to duplicate in color and texture. This, along with
her unique style, has made her work highly collectible. In January of
2007, Kaizaad Kotwal, art critic for the Columbus Dispatch, described her
work as "an intoxicating combination of elements, from the more
Spartan Japanese prints to the vivid color-field explorations of
modernists such as Mark Rothko". Click on the following link to read
the entire review: Columbus
Dispatch.
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