Kathryn B. Launey

Kathryn B. Launey, a former award-winning needle artist, now predominantly uses mixed media. Hand-drawn and paper elements usually are the focus of her art.

"Underwater Sunlight" - 7 X 5
Mixed Media/Collage

"Nighttime Coral" 5 X 7 - Mixed Media/Collage

Kathryn B. Launey was raised in a household infused with art. Both of her parents were artists, and most important occasions included art in some form or another. Picnics had two baskets: one for food and the other for art supplies. Vacation preparations were as much about papers, pastels and crayons as they were about the shorts, shirts and underwear. Parties might have included The Scribble Game or Rorschach Interpretation.

Bored children were entertained with the files of art. There were two: the family’s own (it had to be spectacular to make it to “THE FILE”) or reproductions of masters. There they were: two identical folders – the family art in one and Van Gogh, Degas, Miro, Da Vinci, Cassatt, O’Keeffe, … in the other.

In the 1970s, Launey became an award-winning needle artist. Quilting and needlepoint predominated her artistic expressions while she raised her children.

Later, after a career in education and academic psychology, Dr. Launey returned to art. Mixed media is her preferred approach, focusing especially on hand-drawn and paper elements.

Kathryn may be contacted by E-Mail
See more samples of Kathryn's art on her Flickr page