I have hiked hundreds of miles to paint the Southwest land around me, capturing images of the brilliance and vivaciousness of the natural world that beg to be painted. I am willing to go to any length to reach the magnificent vistas and the precise vantage point of what I want to depict. It may take some serious, long-distance hiking, up, down and over rocky outcroppings, a plunge down an arroyo or a sprawl in sage bushes to capture exactly what I want, but I am never timid about climbing and trudging and scrambling to reach the sought-after sweep or bird’s-eye view of the colorful and uniquely rugged landscapes. My paintings express how pattern and repetition entices me.

Discovering this in nature is primal to me – finding a glint of logic in complex jumbled terrains and instinctively favoring a semblance of orderliness among the randomness of our landscape. I also look for the splendor and gaiety of life around me through color. I catch the light and design in all its strangeness and beauty.

-Kathleen Frank

About the Artist

Santa Fe artist Kathleen Frank paints the Western landscape in vibrant hues, capturing light and pattern in complex terrains. Career highlights include: numerous museum and gallery exhibitions; High Desert Museum Curator’s Choice Award; Art in Embassies/U.S. State Department selection Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; work in permanent collections; and features in numerous fine art publications.