Carole Katchen's art is brimming with a gentle humor and sincerity. She is an impressionist whose whimsical social commentary has attracted a vast audience throughout the world. Her paintings have been featured in exhibit and publication on 6 continents. She brings a sense of humanity and personal commitment to her art, an ability to reach beyond the obvious and capture the people around her, the places they dwell and the environment that shapes them.

    

Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and featured in such prestigious magazines as American Artist, Southwest Art, Pastel Artist International and The Artist's Magazine. Her paintings have also been recognized with numerous awards including the Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award (Pastel Society of New Mexico National Exhibit,) Golden Mentor Award (International Association of Pastel Societies) and Master Pastelist (Pastel Society of America.) Her work can be found in private and corporate collections around the country including the Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Outdoor Art.

    

A professional artist for 30 years, Carole Katchen's paintings have appeared in exhibits and books on several continents. She was selected for World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who of American Art and Who's Who in the South & Southwest. She has written 17 published books and sold over one million copies. Most recently Express Yourself With Pastel, and articles for Cosmopolitan, Parents, and several art magazines. She is a Contributing Editor to The Artist's Magazine and a featured columnist for International Artist.

    

Carole Katchen received her B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1965. She has taught numerous courses in drawing and painting at colleges and museums throughout the United States. A resident of Hot Springs, AR, she shows her art regularly at Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, Colorado; Gore Creek Gallery, Vail, Colorado; Legacy Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Alpha Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas; and American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri.

 

As a draughtsman, Carole Katchen is a realist. Her work gives us a great deal of pure description of the human body, of the soul and of the milieu of her time. She gives of her own intellect, her feelings, her love for body and manifestations of life, and above all, she keenly observes reality without succumbing to mere appearances or impressions.  

 

Carole’s art is not only a profession, but an obligation, the only way of attaining a certain truth. Carole sees modernism in a monumental fashion. She synthesizes and enchants it into a new convention which delivers the character and power of her expression.  

 

John Jellico

Contributing Editor, American Artist

 

Art Career Highlights:

• First magazine illustrations published in Tempo Magazine, 1960.
• I Was a Lonely Teenager, children’s book written and illustrated by Katchen published by Scholastic Books, over 700,000 sold, 1965.
• Additional children’s books, The Underground Light Bulb, 1969, and Your Friend Annie,1989. Total children’s book sales near 1 million.
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Award, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA, 1970.
• Additional awards include Master Pastelist, Pastel Society of America; Outstanding Working Woman, U.S. Dept. of Labor and Colorado Council on Working Women; Special Recognition, Women in Design, Los Angeles; numerous painting awards; listings in Who’s Who of American Art, World Who’s Who of Women, and International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women.
• First solo exhibition, Denver Art Galleries, 1972.
• More than 100 solo and group exhibits in museums and galleries. Art seen in exhibit and/or publication on 7 continents.
• First feature article about Katchen’s art in a national magazine, American Artist,1975.
• Additional articles about or by Katchen in Cosmopolitan, the Artist’s Magazine, Parents’, International Artist and more.

• Promoting & Selling Your Art, first art instruction book, published by Watson-Guptill Books, over 20,000 sold, 1978.
• Total of 14 art instruction books published by Watson-Guptill, North Light Books and International Artist Books. Foreign language editions in French, Chinese and Dutch.
• Paintings chosen by Art in Motion for reproduction in prints and on ceramics, aprons, pot holders, place mats and other products, distributed in 32 countries.
• Poster and playbill art for Off-Broadway play Menopause the Musical

• Art selected for U.S. Postal Service cancellation stamp, 2003.
• Invited to be Artist in Residence at University of Shanghai, China, 2005.

 

EDUCATION:

1966            B.A.., University of Colorado. Boulder, CO,  cum laude General Studies, cum laude Psychology

1965-76       Additional art studies: Morley College, London; Camden Art Center, London; Bezale Art Institute, Jerusalem; West Valley College, Campbell. CA; & others

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS:

2002            Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO

2002            Bryant Galleries, New Orleans, LA

2001            Bryant Galleries, Jackson, MS

1998-2002 Legacy Fine Art Gallery, Hot Springs, AR, annual exhibits

2001            Alpha Gallery, Little Rock, AR

1999            American Artists at Taiwan, Internet Gallery, Taiwan

1998            River Market Artspace, Little Rock, AR

1993            Saks Galleries, Denver, CO

1985            Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX

1984            Savageau's Gallery, Denver, CO

1981            Gallery of the Southwest, Taos, NM

1981            Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, TX

1978            Valhalla Gallery, Wichita, KS

1974            Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota, Colombia, South America

1974            Denver Women's Press Club, Denver, CO

1972            Denver Art Gallery, Denver, CO

 

SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS:

2001            "Cities", American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2001            Up with Art, Little Rock, AR

2001            Bryant Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1999            Office of Senator Blanche Lincoln, Washington, DC

1998            IAPS Pastel Competition, Colorado State Historical Museum, Denver, CO

1997            Arkansas Governor's Office, Little Rock, AR

1997            American Inaugural Art Exhibit, Washington Design Center, Washington, DC

1996            Office of Senator David Pryor, Washington, DC

1996            Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

1995            Pastel Society of the Southwest, Longview Art Museum, Irving Art Center, TX

1995            "Paintings on Paper", American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1995            Pastel Invitational, Telluride Gallery, Telluride, CO

1994            "Red Windows", Barney's of New York, New York, NY

1994            "Pastels U.S.A.", Sacramento Fine Art Center, Sacramento, CA

1994            "More than Mother Goose", Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT

1994            "Dog Days in Santa Fe", Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1993            Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, JAC Gallery, Hollywood, CA

1993            Oklahoma Art Workshops, Juried Exhibit, Tulsa, OK

1993            San Bernardino County Museum, Riverside, CA

1988            Women in Design, Brand Library, Glendale, CA

1982            Denver Art Museum, Alliance for Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

1980            Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, CO

1978            Midwestern Printmaking & Drawing Exhibition, Tulsa, OK

1978            Eight State Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Oklahoma City, OK

1977            Taos Festival of the Arts, Taos, NM

1977            Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY

 

AWARDS & HONORS:

2002            Art Commissioned for Off -Broadway Play, Menopause the Musical, New York

2001            Selected as Court Artist of the Baron d'Abila

2000            Ronald Reagan Ranch Paint-Out, Young Americas Foundation

2000            River Market Painting commissioned for "Good Morning, Arkansas", KATV

1997            Golden Mentor Award, International Association of Pastel Societies

1996            Master Pastelist, Braida Award, Pastel Society of America

1996            Who's Who in the World

1996            Who’s Who in the South & Southwest

1996            Who's Who in Entertainment

1995            Merit Award, PSSW National Exhibit, Irving Art Center

1995            Grurnbacher Gold Medallion Award, PSNM National Exhibit

1994            Who's Who in the West

1993            Holbein Award, Pastels USA, Sacramento Fine Arts Center

1993            Avelyn Goldsmith Award, Pastel Society of America

1993            International Woman of the Year Nomination, London

1988            Special Recognition, Women in Design, Los Angeles

1988            International Who's Who of Professional & Business Women

1987            World Who’s Who of Women

1986            Who's Who of American Art

1982            Outstanding Working Woman. US Department of Labor and Colorado Council on Working Women

1970            Outstanding Achievement in Art, West Valley College, Campbell, CA