FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARTIST KRISTY KUTCH '67 TO SHOW WORK IN MARQUETTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL'S EXHIBITION GALLERY
Michigan City, Indiana - February 21, 2011 -- Marquette Catholic High School is hosting an exceptional selection of color pencil drawings by Kristy Kutch '67 in their Art Exhibition Gallery. The artwork can be seen during school hours from February 21st to March 25th in the lobby gallery.
Mrs. Kutch utilizes landscapes and still life subjects for these drawings. The color pencils
accurately describe these realistic images by layering colors. The viewer's eye blends the color pencil so the drawings become quite convincing. All the drawings are on loan, so none of the works are for sale. Ms. Kutch is an alumna of Saint Mary's High School / Marquette Catholic High School. Ms. Kutch is a graduate of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, with bachelor's and master's degrees in education, as well as a life license in teaching. She has taught colored pencil/watercolor pencil workshops nationwide, sometimes combining the two types of colored pencil for aqueous effects and intensely rich color. Having worked in colored pencil since 1986, she enjoys portraying flowers, fruit, and the Indiana Dunes and its Lake Michigan beaches.
She is the author of Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil, and is a contributor to The Best of Colored Pencil 1, 3, and 5; Creative Colored Pencil; Design: Illustration; The Best of Business Card Design 3 and 5; Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil; Floral Inspirations; Exploring Color (Revised Edition), and Colored Pencil Explorations. Her work has also appeared in "Master Painters of the World: United States Showcase" in International Artist Magazine. Kristy has a DVD called Colored Pencil Landscapes: Beyond the Basics through Artist Palette
Ms. Kutch's artist statement reveals: "Growing up in a creative family, I always had the freedom to experiment, make a mess, and generally putter around and entertain myself. Although not an artist by trade, my father was a gifted sketcher and used to draw cartoons for our family as entertainment. My sister and I shared this interest and talent, and from the time I was very young, I remember feeling that it was "the ultimate" to have blank paper and fresh crayons- or maybe a set of Prang watercolors, the semi-moist kind in the oval pans. We usually had a pad of paper for notes and grocery lists, and I would draw on that, blank shirt cardboard, and even the blank fly-leafs of the volumes on the family bookshelves (only to be discovered - and admitted- decades later!)
I find in my art a sense of self that makes me feel unique. I look for subjects that are beautiful, vivid, and realistic, yet sometimes a bit bizarre or thought- provoking in that realism. I enjoy looking at a common scene or subject and probing more deeply to see it at an uncommon angle or from an arresting point of view. Dramatic contrasts of values also appeal to me, and I can get lost in that joy of carefully applying my colors and seeing something literally burst forth from that paper in a startling three-dimensionality, realism with a twist.
Teaching workshops throughout the country has added a new dimension to my art. The elementary school educator in me still enjoys seeing that dawn of comprehension and enthusiasm when demonstrating or sharing a drawing concept. On another level, I learn from and with my students, delightful groups of people from all walks of life. Patience is well-rewarded with the satisfaction - and yes, fun- of beholding that developing art, both for them and for me."
Mr. White states, "We are proud to share our new Art Exhibition Gallery with our alumni. This gives them an opportunity to share their talents and artwork with their alma mater, our current students and the community. Nowadays so many schools have to make reductions in their Arts offerings while we are growing and expanding ours. Visual and Performing Arts are such an important piece in creating a well-rounded, culturally educated young adult. Challenging students academically, socially and spiritually can only be achieved when we expose our students to a variety of cultures, mediums and experiences."
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