Kate Reitz
Fine Art Portfolio
Artist Statement
For as long as I can remember I’ve been making art. I like to experiment with any media I can get my hands on, ranging from drawing, to film, to ceramics. Currently I’m focusing on working with oil paints and watercolors. Especially experimenting with combining charcoal with watercolors. I also enjoy experimenting with different styles and subjects, though animals and nature have long been a topic of focus. For me nature is very spiritual. Having spent the majority of my life surrounded by woods and farm animals, nature is the most abundantly seen evidence of God in my day to day life. Nature is the first solid evidence that convinced me of God’s existence during my teenage years of doubt. The complexity of a single flower, for example, could never have come by chance. I’m also fascinated by patterns and textures, especially those found in nature, whether seen from a distant or from a microscopic view point.
Contact (269) 362-5027 kreitz89@yahoo.com Miniscule Flora. Oil on canvas. 18” x 24”
Summer Chicken. Oil on wood. 12” x 12”
I Just Want Snuggles. Reduction print on paper. 8” x 10”
Purple Orchid. Oil on canvas. 18” x 20” Fushia. Charcoal and watercolor on paper. 11” x 15”
Milkweed. Oil on wood. 8” x 8”
A Weedy Congregation. Charcoal and watercolor on paper. 15” x 20”
Toucan Gossip. Oil on wood. 24” x 18”
Snail. White stoneware clay and raku glaze. 1.5” x 3”
Llama. White stoneware clay and raku glaze. 3” x 4”
Grasshopper. White stoneware clay and glaze. 3.5” x 5”
Star Gazing Bunny. White stoneware clay and underglaze. 1.5” x 2”
title. Blown glass. 3.5” x 5”
Most Elegant Fowl. Oil on canvas. 18” x 24”
Dreaming of Spring. Oil on canvas. 20” x 18”
A Study of Glass. Charcoal. 18” x 12”
It Still Beats. India ink and acrylic on paper. 9” x 11”
Title. Ceramic. Size.
Title. Blown glass. Size.
Proverbs 23:1-3 Oil on canvas. 18” x 20”
Proverbs 23:31-33 Oil on canvas. 36” x 48”
John 15:1 Oil on canvas. 16” x 18”
Consider the Lilliies of the Field. Oil on canvas. 16” x 18”
Psalm 63:8 Oil on canvas. 18” x 24”
Psalm 40:2 Oil on canvas. 18” x 24”
Matthew 6:26 Oil on canvas. 36” x 48”
Kate Reitz (269) 362-5027 kreitz89@yahoo.com
Self Portrait in Pattern. Charcoal. 18” x 24”