Katherine Lenehan
ABOUT
Who am I? I am a stressed individual like everyone else. Through art, I have visualized my own anxiety and joy, sometimes simultaneously within the same painting. Using art, I’ve analyzed what troubles me, or what I truly want, and it has brought me inner peace. This process has given me wisdom and insight on what to focus on in order to rebuild myself with happiness. Watercolor in particular has helped me learn how to let go when trying to control something that is uncontrollable. Instead I learned how to lead and make paths that the watercolor will follow, and accepting the results. I have learned to trust my own guidance.
When I see others going through similar stress, who are in need of wisdom and insight to what troubles them, I empathize their pain. I try to create relatable artwork to help them remember what they love, or sometimes what they need to come to terms with. My art subjects usually reflect upon water-related elements, or beings that cannot be forced, but must be guided. I strive to help people become self-aware of the good aspects within themselves and within their lives, so they can learn how to guide themselves closer to those happy elements. My artwork tries to remind everyone to feel the struggle and joy that come with living, and know we are not alone but together.
Gallery Member + Resident Artist
2020 to Somerset County Arts Council
2021 1100 W Main Street, Crisfield, Maryland, 21817
Wednesday-Friday 11am – 3pm
Gallery Member
502 94th Street Ocean City, Maryland 21842
Monday-Friday 9am – 4pm
Education
Bachelor's in Fine Art
Concentration in Painting & Drawing
Salisbury University 2020
Associates in Business Management
Concentration in Small Business
WorWic Community College 2017
Gallery Shows
Mar 2021 Strong Women
Somerset County A.C.
Sept 2020 Members Exhibition
Somerset County A.C.
Sept - Dec Nexus
2020 S.U. Fulton Hall
May 2020 62nd Senior Exhibition
#ArtThatConnectsUs
Oct 2019 Divine Feminism
S.U. Student Art Center
Oct 2019 Future of Art
S.U. Student Art Center
May 2019 Affordable Art Fair
S.U. Art Gallery
April 2019 Fragmentation
S.U. Student Art Center
Mar 2019 Painting Now
S.U. Student Art Center
Solo Gallery Shows
Aug - Nov Starbucks Café Gallery
2019 Barnes&Noble's N. Salisbury
Oct 2019 Colorful Dialogue
Guerrieri Student Union
Art Mediums
Wood - Bentwood Rings, Stone Inlay
Ceramic - Stoneware
Graphics - Illustrator, Photoshop
Paint - Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Ink