Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Most of my inspiration comes from my bicycle trips around Puget Sound or further afield. I'll stop and pull out a sketchbook or snap a photo, then paint the scenes in watercolor back in my studio."

Kathy Marin Collins grew up in the Northwest and expresses her feelings for the outdoors in her dramatic watercolors. Kathy’s French-Croatian heritage and her scientific/medical background provide her with a unique perspective on painting. Using light and shadow, she both highlights strong value contrasts between earth and sky or water and showcases small jewel-like settings. Kathy enjoys painting in her home studio in Lake Forest Park, and maintains a small medical practice in nearby Kirkland.

EDUCATION

• University of Washington, BS, Biology & Art
• University of Michigan Medical School, MD
• University of Washington, Scientific Illustration

• Northwest Watercolor Society Open Show, Seattle, WA, April-June
• Central Coast watercolor Society Aquarius show, San Luis Obispo, CA, Jan-Mar

• Montana Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Bigfork, Oct
• Eastside Association of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, Key Center, Bellevue, Oct
• 22nd Ann'l Marine Art Exhibit (Invitational), Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, Jul-Aug
• Art of the Port, Anacortes, WA, Jul-Aug
• Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA, Jun

• Eastside Association of Fine Arts Ann'l Exhibition, Key Center, Bellevue, WA, Nov 2003
• Lakeshore Gallery, juried show, Kirkland, Apr-May
• Allied Arts Gallery, annual juried show, Richland, WA, Apr 29-May 30

• EAFA Annual Exhibition, Key Center, Bellevue, WA, Dec
• Puget Sound Country Exhibit, Stillwater Gallery, Seattle, WA, Aug
• Art of the Garden, Everett Center for the Arts, Everett, WA, Jul-Aug
• Edmonds Arts Festival, juried show, Jun

• Northwest Watercolor Society Annual Waterworks, juried show, Kirkland Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Oct
• Eastern Washington Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition, Fall
• EAFA Annual Exhibition, Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah, WA, Spring
• Edmonds Art Festival, juried show, Edmonds, WA, Jun

• Annual Exhibit of Northwest Botanical Illustration, Northwest Flower and Garden Show
  

• Honorable Mention, Plein Air Show, Kaewyn Gallery, Bothell, WA, Sept
• Garden Street Award, Central Coast Watercolor Society Show, San Luis Obispo, CA, Jan

• Createx Color Award, Montana Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Bigfork, Oct

• Daniel Smith Award, EAFA Annual Exhibition, Key Center, Bellevue, WA, Dec
  

• Seattle to Sienna," Kaewyn Gallery, Bothell, WA, Mar 2008
• Provence Revisited, Madison Park Cafe, Seattle, Jan 2006
• Featured Artist, Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland, WA June 9-July 9, 2005
• "Waterfront," Kindred Circle Gallery, Edmonds, WA May 19-June 15, 2005
• Northwest Reflections Show, Kindred Circle Gallery, Edmonds, WA, Aug 2004

• Cole Gallery, Edmonds, WA - May 2007
• Baas Gallery, Madison Park, 2-person show, Mar, 2006
• Bank of America Gallery Show, Oct-Dec 2005
• Kirkland Arts Center, 4-person show, Aug-Sept 2005
• Blue Heron Gallery, 3-person show, Vashon Island, Jan-Feb 2005
• ArtsWest Gallery, 3-person show, Sept 26 -Nov 7, 2004
• Esquire Show, Washington Mutual Tower, Seattle, Jan-Feb 2004
• Gallery at the Shoreline Center, Shoreline, WA, May 5-Jul 2, 2003
• Medical Illustration Group Show, Kirkland Arts Center, Mar 2003
• Kirkland Arts Center, Peter Kirk Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Dec 2002
• Eastshore Gallery, Bellevue, Feb 2001
• Judith Schorr Gallery, Seattle, 1996
• ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, 1995

• Women Painters of Washington
• Northwest Watercolor Society, Signature Member
• Eastside Association of Fine Arts
• Montana Watercolor Society, Signature Member

• Watercolor Artist Magazine, Aug 2008, Kathy Collins, "Speedy Delivery"
• Watercolor Artist Magazine, June 2008, Kathy Collins, "A Road Less Traveled"
• The Artist's Magazine, Kathy Collins, April, 2007, "How I Created a 2nd Career in Art"
• Watercolor Magic, Michelle Taute, October, 2006, "Still Waters Run Deep"
• Kirkland Courier, Pauline Thompson, June 2, 2005, “Lakeshore Watercolorist Depicts Working Waterfront”
• The Enterprise, staff, September 2, 2004, “NW Reflections at Kindred Circle”

• Kaewyn Gallery, 10101 Main St, Bothell

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