Studio 413
Katie Barrett
Katie Barrett
Medium: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking
Artist Statement:
My work explores figurative beauty through representational drawing and painting.
I am drawn to the human figure and to the challenge of transforming recognizable subjects through surrealism.
I am particularly fascinated by the mystique of iconic beauty and the carefully constructed imagery of Golden Age Hollywood. The luminosity, elegance, and ambiguity of these portraits inspire me to consider both the appeal of idealized beauty and what may exist beneath its surface.
Drawing and painting are a continuing process of study. With each medium, I seek to strengthen my understanding of form, proportion, composition, value, and the expressive possibilities of the figure.
My work exists between observation and imagination. I seek to develop an increasingly distinctive visual language, one that uses the familiar human figure as a point of departure for exploring the beauty, mystery, and emotional complexity of the imagined world.
