Art has been my passion since I was a child and my head is full of images waiting to be expressed in painting and sculpture.
I was first artistically inspired by my mother who loved drawing, painting, dressmaking, and needlework. I enthusiastically absorbed each demonstrated technique. Learning to appreciate and create both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally early in life is perhaps why I equally enjoy producing both paintings and sculpture today.
My subject matter is contemporary in nature. Most of my images now come from within… from subconscious imagery that unfolds through meditative sketching. I focus on thoughts and ideas inspired by a personal search for understanding of individual and group behavior and observations of societal interactions. I also enjoy playfully depicting the meditative properties of flowers. Their color, shape, movement, and order provide a jumping off place for my imagination and perhaps are a happy balance to my more serious subject matter.
I paint predominantly in acrylic on canvas and use mild steel to construct my my sculptural pieces. I feel comfortable employing other mediums when the piece calls for it.
Catherine Pastis Radwanski, known by her nickname, Katina, resides in Hudson, Ohio. A graduate of Kent State University and The University of Georgia she has taught community art classes and workshops and in addition to being a high school art teacher. Katina shows her award-winning work in numerous solo and group shows and juried competitions in a variety of venues and galleries and at her own studio/gallery in downtown Akron, Ohio. She also creates pieces on commission. She is represented by Grayhaus Studios in Bay Village and is an associate member of Group Ten Gallery in Kent, OH.
I was first artistically inspired by my mother who loved drawing, painting, dressmaking, and needlework. I enthusiastically absorbed each demonstrated technique. Learning to appreciate and create both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally early in life is perhaps why I equally enjoy producing both paintings and sculpture today.
My subject matter is contemporary in nature. Most of my images now come from within… from subconscious imagery that unfolds through meditative sketching. I focus on thoughts and ideas inspired by a personal search for understanding of individual and group behavior and observations of societal interactions. I also enjoy playfully depicting the meditative properties of flowers. Their color, shape, movement, and order provide a jumping off place for my imagination and perhaps are a happy balance to my more serious subject matter.
I paint predominantly in acrylic on canvas and use mild steel to construct my my sculptural pieces. I feel comfortable employing other mediums when the piece calls for it.
Catherine Pastis Radwanski, known by her nickname, Katina, resides in Hudson, Ohio. A graduate of Kent State University and The University of Georgia she has taught community art classes and workshops and in addition to being a high school art teacher. Katina shows her award-winning work in numerous solo and group shows and juried competitions in a variety of venues and galleries and at her own studio/gallery in downtown Akron, Ohio. She also creates pieces on commission. She is represented by Grayhaus Studios in Bay Village and is an associate member of Group Ten Gallery in Kent, OH.
