Kathy Clark is a true Charlestonian baby-boomer: She was raised during a period when families were large and incomes modest. Her fondest childhood memories are of times spent with her parents and brothers among the rivers and creeks: crabbing, fishing or spending vacation weeks in a rental house on Folly Beach. The Charleston Lowcountry and its history have definitely played an important role in her life and art. Mrs. Clark's love for the surroundings is shown in the subjects she chooses: Most of her paintings depict these beloved landscapes, and reflect her enduring feelings for the place she calls home.

Kathy admits that her art career began in later years, after her children were grown, and she will always consider herself a student of Art. The thought of trying to draw and paint didn't enter her mind until one day when she was settling her mother 's estate. She stumbled upon an envelope of her mother's sketches and drawings, and felt as if her mother had sent a message to bring her out of her grieving period. Thus, this new craft is incredibly dear to the artist...Kathy's artistic abilities have developed in a number of ways, including studies with the Gibbes Art Museum, as well as with nationally known portrait artists Elizabeth Bronson and David Weaver. Kathy has also learned much from local artists Jim Darlington and Susan Mayfield West. Her work is a combinationof impressionism and realism. She does not follow any defined approach, but instead her process is derived from a confluence of varied sources of inspiration. She connects with a subject and then seeks to bring out the beauty and meaning within....