Artist Information:
Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo
Montreal,
Canada
Member Since: Jan 2004
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Artist Statement:
Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo
began her career as an artist
studying life drawing and
black and white photography at
the Boston Museum School.
After moving to Montreal, she
experimented with watercolours
and oils. The world of colour
opened itself up to this
self-taught painter who
quickly developed a technique
that suited her highly
realistic still-lifes.
After a decade of showing
these works in solo and group
shows in Quebec and the United
States, Gabinet-Kroo turned
her observant eye to those
around her, devoting the next
six years almost exclusively
to painting large-scale
watercolour portraits in
subtle tones of brown and grey
highlighted with well-placed
touches of colour.
Gabinet-Kroo has developed
techniques to satisfy her
personal imagery. Although
the artist continues to paint
portraits, she began
experimenting with different
media and techniques, choosing
land- and seascapes as
subjects. While her recent
works incorporate the use of
gouache and pastel, most of
the images are created using
the classical technique of
layering a series of oil
glazes over an oil
underpainting to produce the
glowing colours of her painted
surfaces.
Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo
experiences her natural
surroundings in a very special
way. With an observant eye,
she...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Mitchell Sotka Gallery
(Cleveland, Ohio)
2004 Galerie Horizon, Sorel
(Qc)
2004 Java U, Montreal
2003 Java U, Montreal
2003 Galerie Espace Trois,
Saidye Bronfman Centre,
Montreal
2002 Galerie de la Ville,
Dollard des Ormeaux (Qc)
1998 Elgar Cultural Centre,
Montreal
1991 Shayne Gallery,
Montreal
1987 Westmount Gallery, ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Public Collections:
Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland (OH)
Claridge Investments, Montreal
The Avmor Collection, Montreal
Centre communautaire Elgar,
Montreal
Chateau Paints, Montreal
Gaz Métropolitan, Montreal
Firsurban Corporation,
Montreal
Taiming International, Shunde
(China)
AT & T, Boston (MA)
Creiger-Sesen & Assoc., Boston
Fidelity Management & Research
Company, Boston
First National Bank of ...
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Commissions:
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Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo's Portfolio. Browse Gabinet-Kroo's body of work: Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo began her career as an artist studying life drawing and black and white photography at the Boston Museum School. After moving to Montreal, she experimented with watercolours and oils. The world of colour opened itself up to this self-taught painter who quickly developed a technique that suited her highly realistic still-lifes.
After a decade of showing these works in solo and group shows in Quebec and the United States, Gabinet-Kroo turned her observant eye to those around her, devoting the next six years almost exclusively to painting large-scale watercolour portraits in subtle tones... |
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