Kathryn Levitt
Kathryn's love of art started when she was a child in South Florida. Since she was very shy, art was a way for her to express herself. In high school, she took art classes and later, earned a Bachelor's degree in Art History from the Florida State University in 1994. While in college, she studied in Florence, Italy for a semester. This is where her love of art and artists truly flourished. Seeing some of the most famous pieces of art in person gave Kathryn an appreciation for art she was never able to achieve from a book.
In 1997, Kathryn was diagnosed with a very rare and life-threatening lung illness, called Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. She carries a pump with her 24/7 which administers a drug, via a portable IV, into her heart through the catheter that has been placed in her chest. Her art is a great way for her to cope with the stresses of living with a chronic illness.
Kathryn is married and the mother of a beautiful girl. She is teaching Language Arts now and paints in her free time. She has encouraged her daughter, Emily, to express herself through drawing and painting and it is now something they enjoy doing together. Kathryn is inspired by the colors and emotion of van Gogh, the whimsy of Mary Engelbreit, and the vision of Georgia O'Keefe. She loves painting everyday objects in bright colors with decorative patterns and flowers and her medium of choice is high-viscosity acrylic paints.
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." --Georgia O'Keefe
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