About Kathleen McDermott
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Education
1963 - present
Self Taught
Awards
2015
South Carolina Artist in Residence
I was awarded a spot in South Carolina State Park's Artist in Residence program for the 2015 calendar year. I spent a few beautiful October days at Oconee State Park in the Great Smokey Mountains taking photos and making field sketches for future paintings. My painting "Afternoon Shadows at Oconee State Park" was donated to South Carolina State Parks as part of their Artist in Residence program. You can see this shady forest landscape in the SOLD WORKS section of my website at www.kmcdermottart.com.
2010
Horry County Arts Council Grant
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Biography
I grew up on a back road dairy farm in far Western New York and I have been drawing and painting since I was a child. I am self-taught in that I never had the opportunity to take art classes beyond high school. After my children were grown and on their own, I found much more time to dedicate to my art obsession and took up my paint brushes in earnest again in 1999. I was represented in several Myrtle Beach SC area galleries over the 19 years we lived there, and we moved across the state of South Carolina to Rock Hill SC in December 2016.
I sign my paintings with my maiden name in honor of the child in me who still keeps the delightful dream of being an artist alive. I was juried in for membership in Oil Painters of America in the Spring of 2018.
I am a nature enthusiast and amateur birder, and hiking the woods is one of my favorite activities, especially when the sun is shining and I have my Nikon camera with me. I do my best to capture nature's amazing beauty in my paintings. It is how I say "Look, isn't that beautiful?" I welcome your comments.
If you see a painting you especially like which is already sold, I gladly do commissions of similar paintings at similar size and price points.
AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Shows - 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2010
Art Nouveau Gallery's " A Tribute to Women Juried show - Third Place Award
Horry County Cultural Council Arts Grant - 2008
Winner of County Arts Grant Project for C.B. Berry Memorial Center at Vereen Gardens, Little River, SC
South Carolina Artist in Residence Program - Oconee State Park, October 2015