​At the age of 16, with little guidance and an abundance of ambition Kat started painting murals and decided that her calling was as a professional artist. 

​She graduated from Texas State University in 1996 with a degree in Fine Art and began a career in graphic design.
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Always having made time for fine art, in 2004 she created the painted textural weave style that she continues to use and develop today. 

In January of 2009 she wrote her first novel, Feel the Burn.  Available on www.amazon.com.

Kat was approached by Art on 5th in Austin, Texas to show her work and from September 2012 until June 2016 was a featured artist.

​She currently works as an illustrator / graphic designer, owns and shows her work at Art Beat Studio & Gallery and lives in the beautiful hill country of Johnson City, Texas with her son.

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“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” 
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