“Hiking in the mountains, visiting the shore, or just walking in my garden gives me inspiration. Sometimes I’ll see certain atmospheric conditions or view the way light falls on a scene, and I want to capture that in a painting.”
Kathy Collins’ award-winning paintings have been featured
in Watercolor Artist Magazine, The Artist’s Magazine,
American Artist, the “Splash” watercolor series, and “100
Artists of the Northwest. “
A Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society, the Northwest Watercolor Society, Montana Watercolor Society, and Women Painters of Washington, Kathy is an enthusiastic painter and watercolor instructor.
SELECTED JURIED SHOWS:
- Edmonds Arts Festival, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010. 2012, 2016, 2017
- Evergreen Association of Fine Arts Exhibit, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 - Northwest Watercolor Society: 2001,2005,2006, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 - Puget Sound Country Exhibit, Seattle, 2002, 2006, 2008
- NW Invitational Marine Art Exhibit, Kirsten Gallery, 2004
- Montana Watercolor Society Show, 2004, 2005, 2008
- Central Coast Watercolor Society, San Luis Obispo, 2005
- Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Show, 2006
- Watercolor West, Los Angeles, 2014
- American Watercolor Society, New York, 2014, 2016, 2017
- Kirkland Arts Center Exhibition, 2014, 2016
- California Watercolor Association Annual Exhibit, 2016. 2017, 2020
- National Collage Society Annual Exhibition, 2015, 2017
SELECTED AWARDS:
- Createx Color Award, Montana Watercolor Society, 2004
- Garden Street Award, Central Coast Watercolor Society,2005
- Puget Sound Painters Award, EAFA exhibit, 2006
- Strathmore Award, NWWS Show, 2006
- 1st Place, Women Painters show, Nov, 2007
- Winsor-Newton Award, NWWS show, Seattle, 2008
- Elsie Weiner Award, WPW show, Mercer Island, 2008
- Award of Merit, NWWS show, Bellevue, WA 2008
- Winsor-Newton Award, EAFA show, Bellevue, WA 2009
- 1st Place, Bothell LiveArts, 2010
- Terry Cole Award, NWWS show, Seattle, 2010
- Holbein Award, EAFA Open Exhibit, Seattle, 2011
- 3rd Place Award, NWWS show, Bothell, 2013
- 1st Place, Mixed Media, The Artist’s Magazine competition, 2015
- Savoir Faire Award, California Watercolor Association show, 2016
- 1st Place, Beauty of the Northwest Show, Edmonds, WA, 2017
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
- ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA, 3-person Show, Oct, 2004
- Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Is, 3-person show, Jan, 2005
- Kirkland Arts Center, 4-person show, August,2005
- Baas Gallery, Seattle, 2-person show, “Debut,” March, 2006
- Featured artist, Cole Gallery, Edmonds, WA May, 2007
- SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- “Northwest Reflections,” Kindred Circle Gallery,, Aug, 2004
- “Waterfront,” Kindred Circle Gallery, WA, May, 2005
- Featured Artist, Lakeshore Gallery, WA, June, 2005
- “Seattle to Sienna,“ Kaewyn Gallery, Bothell, March, 2008
- “A Year of Painting,” Kaewyn Gallery, March, 2011
- “Story of a Painting,” Tsuga Fine Art, March-Apr, 2013
- “Faces and Places,” Tsuga Fine Art, March-Apr, 2015
- “Northwest Parallels,” Tsuga Fine Art, Jan-March, 2017
CORPORATE COMMISSIONS:
- Puget Sound Energy Bldg, Bellevue, WA
- Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
PUBLICATIONS:
- “Still Waters Run Deep,” Michelle Taute, Watercolor Magic
Magazine, Oct 2006, - “How I Created a 2nd Career in Art,“ Kathy Collins, The
Artist’s Magazine, , April, 2007, - “A Road Less Traveled,“ Kathy Collins, Watercolor
Artist Magazine, June, 2008, - “Speedy Delivery,“ Kathy Collins, Watercolor Artist
Magazine, August, 2008, - Splash 10, 12, 14, 15, North Light Books
- “Planning for Fun,” Naomi Ekperigin, American Artist
(Watercolor) magazine, Spring, 2012 - 100 Artists of the Northwest, Schiffer Press, 2013
- “A Creative Odyssey,” Kathy Collins, Watercolor
Artist Magazine, Dec, 2014 - “Cut It Out,” Kathy Collins, Watercolor Artist Magazine, Dec. 2016
- “Stick to Watercolor,” Kathy Collins, Watercolor Artist Magazine, Dec. 2017
- “Dropping In,” Kathy Collins, Watercolor Artist Magazine, August, 2019
