Kat O'Connor

R E YN O L D S F I N E A RT presents

Kat O’Connor

For inquiries please contact:

Reynolds Fin e Art 96 Orange Street New Haven, CT 06510 203.498.2200 info@reynoldsfineart.com

www.reynoldsfineart.com

Kat O’Connor Kat O'Connor's current paintings deal with the figure in water.

They are not portraits, but studies in which solitude is solace. As a painter, O'Connor revels in the idea that water replaces the traditional model's pedestal. Gravity is removed, and the figure can be viewed at unusual angles. Foreshortening of the figure becomes common, hands and feet moving forward, no longer encumbered by the need to support the weight of the body. Water and light become buffers, allowing the viewer to stand outside the subject, to watch from the protected darkness, the way we view film. We become voyeurs to these moments, when the subject is surrounded by water, encased in it, needing air and light. Until we have taken that first gulp of air upon surfacing the outside world does not exist. In this way, for the artist, water becomes a metaphor for painting.

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Kat O’Connor Resonance, 2016 Oil on board 42 ¾” x 32”

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Kat O’Connor House of Cards, 2016 Oil on board 32” x 23 ½”

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Kat O’Connor In the Well of Catherine, 2014 Oil on board 23 ½” x 32 ¼”

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Kat O’Connor Divisible by One, 2017 Oil on board 16 ¼” x 5

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Kat O’Connor Quiet Enough for Color to Sound, 2017 Oil on board 43” x 32”

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Kat O’Connor Swept, 2017 Oil on board 8 ½” x 11”

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Kat O’Connor The Night Swim, 2016 Oil on board 41” x 31”

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Kat O’Connor Out of Water, 2014 Oil on board 23 ½” x 32”

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Kat O’Connor Luminous Will, 2014 Oil on board 43” x 32”

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Kat O’Connor Isola Bella, 2013 Acrylic on board 32” x 23 ½”

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Kat O’Connor Night and the Quiet Ripple, 2014 Oil on board 32” x 43”

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Kat O’Connor Twilight Curve, 2011 Oil on board 40” x 40”

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Kat O’Connor From the Other Side, 2011 Oil on board 22” x 22”

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Kat O’Connor Winged Victory, 2017 Oil on board 36” x 36”

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Kat O’Connor The Second Surrender, 2016 Conte, graphite, and ink on paper 30” x 22”

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Kat O’Connor Giving Away Sound, 2016 Conte, graphite, and ink on paper 30” x 22”

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Kat O’Connor Left Hand Line, 2015 Conte, graphite, and ink on paper 30” x 22”

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Kat O’Connor In the Place Where Found, 2015 Conte, graphite, and ink on paper 30” x 22”

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Kat O’Connor Swaddle, 2015 Conte, graphite, and ink on paper 30” x 22”

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Kat O’Connor Fill, 2016 Conte, graphite, and ink on paper 30” x 22”

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