Kathleen Gross

Artist Bio

Kathleen received her BFA in painting in 1978, from Wayne State University in Detroit. She at the time, she studied the hard, industrial look of the changing Detroit landscape and shortly after applying to grad school, she began to shoot chromes to project in the studio to paint. This led to an interest in photography that soon took a dominate role. She self-taught black and white and color printing, found employment in photo labs and pursued her fine art photography for the next 30 years.

She moved to San Francisco in the mid-eighties and began working in the multi-media presentation business. She transitioned to digital graphics and from film to digital photography as well, but in recent years, she has returned to her first love, painting, specifically, oil on canvas.

Kathleen is a realist painter and works every day, drawing her subjects from past and present photo images. She paints studying the light, shadow effects, color and mood. Her interests include architectural shapes and composition, often the left behind bits of history. She is currently working on portrait studies she refers to as “real people”.

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