Though I wear many other hats professionally and personally, I am a creative at heart who has found expression in a variety of art forms all my life–acting, singing, guitar, drawing, storytelling, photography– you name it, I’ve tried it. My primary place in the arts is the written word having formal training in poetry. I have been published and awarded for my writing through the years. But I love color, texture, and design, hence my foray into more of the visual arts and mixed media featured in my paper, fabric, and beading designs.

I soaked up sewing (and endured not a few pinpricks) at a young age from my mom, an incredible, detailed seamstress and creative in her own right, who often made clothing for me.

I adore birds, not only aesthetically, but as a naturalist and educator who believes that birds (and birding) can be a vehicle for developing interest in one’s local ecology and inspiring greater care for the environment at large.

My creative work is inspired by the most creative of all– Nature.

In a greater effort to support nature and this planet, I am working on reducing the amount of physical products I use and create, and focusing on my photography where I am developing digital photographic art from my own images and found elements, through layering, rendering, and texturizing to create one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by dream life, the unseen, and the natural world. You can see more of this work at Inner Channel Arts.

One of my mantras is “live in color”; maybe it’s all the Seattle grey, but it comes to life through my art, as featured below in my original Rainbow Finch beaded necklace and the Multitasker © headwrap//mask.

Kate is based in Seattle, WA, but is always California Dreaming.