WILDTHINGS Studio

Pastels by KATHLEEN HOFF-HARVEY

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Growing up in western Kansas (native of Hays), I was surrounded by a landscape of extremes . . . a level horizon stretching out forever . . . fields of wheat and prairie grass . . . an immense sky displaying an ever-changing vista of clouds, storms, sunrises, sunsets . . . the zen-like quality of the sparseness of trees and hills . . . the omnipresent wind . . . the changing of the seasons . . . inspired by this amazing environment . . . the patterns, colors, rhythms . . . I also find inspiration in many modern painters including Van Gogh and the pastelist Wolf Kahn.

I discovered pastel five years ago at a Lawrence Art Center workshop. Since then I have shown my art in several regional exhibits, winning an award at the Wichita Midwest Garden Show as well as a Kansas Arts Commission Mini–Fellowship (2004.)

I've employed at the Blue Heron Furniture Store for the past seven plus years, where I am a merchandiser/buyer/ interior design consultant. I reside in Lawrence with my husband, Doug.

What is pastel? Pastel is a pure pigment. It’s the same pigment used in making oil and watercolor paints, but it retains its brilliance and luminosity because it’s a dry medium. Pastel paintings will last at least as long as oils, and will retain their fresh color for hundreds of years, as long as they’re done on an archival, acid-free surface.

Currently Showing:

  • Global Cafe
    820 Massachusetts St.
    Lawrence, KS


    Coming Soon:
  • Dec. 5-26, 2008
    Leavenworth County Artists Association
    "A Time For Art"
    Holiday Art Show

  • Jan. 3-31, 2008
    Lawrence Public Library Entrance

  • May 3- June 23, 2009
    Douglas County Historic Courthouse
    1st Floor Exhibit

    Recent past exhibits:
  • April 25 - June 6, 2008
    39th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition
    Hays Arts Council
    112 East 11th St.
    Hays, KS

  • May 3, 2008
    An Evening of Art and Poetry
    Trinity Episcopal Church
    1101 Vermont Street
    Lawrence, Kansas

  • June14-June 28, 2008
    "Hobbs-Taylor Lofts" Lawrence Art Guild All-Members Show

  • Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship
    1263 North 1100 Road
    Lawrence, Kansas

  • June-July 2008
    Z's Divine Expresso
    1800 E. 23rd St., Suite A
    Lawrence, KS




    Please feel free to contact me with comments or questions at:
    kdhoff@wildmail.com
    or (785)218-1005. Thanks!

    All images contained in this gallery is subject to the U.S. Copyright Law and may not be reproduced with the expressed and written consent of the artist.

    (photo of me taken by Mark Sandercock)

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