About Kathleen...
Kathleen Whittle is a painter, jewelry designer and art collector from Atlanta, Ga. Her talents are heavily inspired by folk artists of the great Southern United States. Sitting with the Reverend Howard Finster she had asked him for advice on her painting. He replied “Just paint. Let God do the rest.” Her intense love for color, the key to her creativity, began to flow onto the wood and canvas. Kathleen has participated in dozens of juried art shows and festivals around the Southeastern United States. Her work has been sold in several galleries in and around the surrounding Atlanta, Georgia area. Kathleen‘s paintings have a also been featured in newspapers, restaurants and a Campbell’s soup commercial. Please enjoy this assortment of “make me happy” goods she has created for happy hearts like yours. Kathleen studied Graphic Design at the Art Institute of Atlanta.
Unframed Digital Paintings
Featured in this collection, Kathleen uses one of her most desired mediums. She started creating digital paintings when she purchased an iPad Pro With the iPad pencil and began creating paintings starting from a blank white page. Using two to three different apps and applying layers of colors onto her digital canvas, she has created some of her favorite images to date. Printed on quality metal for bright, bold color, or on sustainable white maple wood for a more subdued appearance.
Original Acrylic Paintings
Kathleen loves to paint on wood and canvas. She uses bright bold colors that pop off her signature navy background. Distressing techniques complement her paintings with colorful borders and most are accented with recycled bottle caps. Great folkart style for farmhouses, lake cabins, mountain dwellings and homes everywhere. These paintings are original and one of a kind Signed by the artist herself.
Framed Paintings
Featured in this collection, are artistically framed digital and acrylic paintings. Kathleen created most of these with one of her most desired mediums, digital illustration. She started creating digital illustration when she purchased an iPad Pro With the iPad pencil. Each of her paintings start from a blank white page. Her use of several different tablet applications allow her to build layers of colors onto her digital canvas. Using this process she created some of her favorite images to date. Printed on quality metal for bright, bold color or on sustainable wood. All acrylic paintings are created on wood or canvas.
Jewelry Designs By Kathleen Whittle
Loving to dabble in other areas of creativity Kathleen began to create her own jewelry designs. Materials may include swarovski crystals, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, sterling, and wire wrapping techniques. Her love for color is essential and shines through every piece she makes. Each piece she designs are unique and one of a kind.
Wine Charms
Each set of these bohemian wine glass charms are necessary for any wine cellar or kitchen. They also make great ornaments for mini Christmas and Easter trees. Handmade using a multitude of materials including Swarovski crystals, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, sterling, and wire wrapping techniques. They make bright, bold and colorful gifts for the Holidays. Tie them with the raffia included to the top of any gifted wine bottle.
Ornaments
What could be more fun than bohemian Christmas ornaments? Digitally painted And printed on quality metal, complimented with leather adornments. Great for the tree and also to slip over the top of a gifted bottle of wine.