Katie O'Sullivan

Santa Fe artist Katie O’Sullivan’s provocative paintings challenge typical notions of feminine beauty. Broken yet empowered, gritty yet enchanting, her confrontational figures are outward expressions of innermost feelings. Struggles, joys and fears are exposed through abstract mark making, bursts of color and dark shadowy forms. Physical accuracies are abandoned, yet the figures still retain their femininity with exaggerated anatomy and sensuality. O’Sullivan offers us a dual perspective on the figure that blends its physical and emotional existence. Read More...