Kathy Armstrong, Watercolor, 2024-05-28

Kathy Armstrong says that of all the media she paints with, watercolor is her favorite because its transparent nature makes it possible to achieve a luminosity that isn’t possible with other mediums. In addition to her studio painting Kathy enjoys plein air painting in oil, and some of her largest paintings have been done in acrylic. Kathy teaches watercolor classes both in-person and virtually throughout the year. After a long career as a graphic designer in Wisconsin and Colorado, Kathy returned to her native upstate New York in 2013, moving to Rochester in late 2017. She is a member of the American Watercolor Society, a Signature member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society, Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, and the Rochester Art Club and paints outdoors with the Greater Rochester Plein Air Painters. An award-winning painter, her work has been juried into international, national, and regional shows.
Kathy has been juried into the Memorial Art Gallery’s Rochester/Finger Lakes Exhibition three consecutive times, winning the Alice E. Koret Award in 2019. She is one of the founding members of Pittsford Fine Art gallery in Pittsford, NY. “When light touches the world, it immediately brings it to life. It shapes and illuminates everything in its path. Trying to capture that light is the driving force behind my love of painting.” To see her work or for class information please visit her website at kathyarmstrongfineart.com.