‘AThENA’S OWL’ | OIL ON CANVAS | 24” X 30“

'Athena's Owl' serves as a reminder to allow intuition to be your guide, and to trust the journey of the creative process: From a painter's perspective, this painting is a quintessential example of the process of selection. Selection is a fundamental pillar of the creative process, and what  you choose to select from the qualities of value, composition, color and edge will forever be the guide to arriving at the experience you envision and wish to convey, bringing into focus the form of each unique creative endeavor.

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About the Artist

The paintings of Katie Swatland are an intrinsic dance between reality and rêverie. Drawing from her training as a painter whose lineage can be traced back to masters such as John Singer Sargeant, Antonio Mancini and Anders Zorn, she approaches the canvas as a means of discovery, carrying on in the spirit of the Romantic and Symbolist traditions of the past. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, she is a passionate advocate of cross-disciplinary undertakings, and it is the unbounded landscape of the Arts to which she is most drawn.

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