Kate Brogdon is a mixed media artist working in Virginia.  See a collection of her original works on her wall space at Art Works.

About the artist: “I was born in Vienna, Austria and grew up across the United States, mainly in Idaho. Since then, I have moved multiple times worldwide, drawing images and ideas from each location. After completing my bachelor degree at the University of Virginia, I gained a variety of work experiences, most notably 25 years as an active duty Marine, and continued my own art studies. This led to awards in shows in Southern California, Virginia and virtually. Currently I work in Virginia.

Growing up and living in a variety of places has influenced my creative approach, drawing images and ideas from each location. Interacting with diverse people in various countries has shaped my interest for understating how people think and how each develops their own unique viewpoint from everything they do and where they go, making them who they are. I examine this through the frame of my own experience.

I combine these collected experiences, images and ephemera, into a variety of visual frames of how we develop our worldviews, and how that shapes our treatment of each other and of our world. Through photography, collage and painting, I explore ways of thinking about the world around and between us.

A variety of layers and a mix of media helps to capture the whole of a memory at the time, with also a sense of it changing. Combining images in various forms helps the viewer approach a way of multiple seeing, with the idea of capturing fragments or nuances in perception. Visual combinations create shades of meaning to capture the complexities of the world. Often this results in fortuitous juxtapositions and interesting unplanned mixtures, along with changes and bits left over as part of the evolution of thought in the span of the work. In these layers of visuals, are layers of meaning to describe the complexities of the world, sometimes seen differently from close and from a distance.”