Katrina Ganson

Katrina Ganson

Artist Statement:
The works in this exhibition encompass a variety of subjects and themes in familiar and altered worlds. My artistic process revolves heavily around my goal of creating a particular atmosphere for these worlds, which I often achieve through color schemes and my use of carefully chosen subject matter.

Through detailed, subtle attention, my art creates unique and specific environments, oftentimes generating a sense of nostalgia. I like to take inspiration from subjects that relate to me more personally. Although a number of my pieces take inspiration from traditional artists, I more often look to art that I find at random naturally within my own life, from the layout of comic book covers to the colors in my backyard. The varying mediums often connected to the atmosphere of the piece, where oil paint would be used for realistic, personal concepts, while micron pen would allow for a more stylized piece with sharp detail.

While considering the curation of my exhibition, one of my main goals was to give the audience a good sense of my style and to enable them to find their own connections within the scenes I create. I want the audience to look for small and subtle details within my pieces that spark their own imaginative interpretation of and engagement with the scenes.