Kate Starling is an oil painter who lives and works in the canyons of southern Utah.  Educated in geology, she spent years working outside as a geologist and National Park ranger.  After formal academic art training in the 1980's she devoted her work to painting the landscape.  Schooled in the importance of direct painting from life she has spent years painting outside, learning the way light plays on the land.  Now she splits her time between the roadways and trails surrounding her home and the studio.

Starling's paintings portray the natural world and focus on communicating a sense of place, atmosphere and light, retaining the immediacy of the painting experience.  She knows the strength of emotion that the landscape seen in a particular light can trigger in her - she strives to paint in such a way that memory and emotion are triggered in the people who see her work.

Exhibitions:

Solo Shows:
2006        Iron Horse Gallery, Park City, UT
2004        Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004        Art Divas, Taos, NM
2002        St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
2002        Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Group and Invitiational Shows:
2001-7     Maynard Dixon Country 2003, Mt. Carmel, UT
2003         "2 Person Show", Utah Shakespear Festival, Cedar City, UT
2003         "Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc. Members Show", Laguna Beach, CA
2003         "Zion Artists", Glendinning Gallery, Utah Art Council, Salt Lake City, UT
2003         "Plein Air", 2 person show with Jason Situ at Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002         "Three Woman Show", Datura Gallery, Kayenta, UT
2001         "An Experience Shared", Braithwaite Gallery, S.Utah Univ., Cedar City, UT
2001         "Homage to Maynard Dixon",  Williams Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT


Selected List of Juried Shows:
2004        "Oil Painters of America National Exhibition", Howard/Mandville Gallery
2004        "Arts for the Parks Mini 50", Jackson, WY
2002        "Deseret News Landscape Art Show" Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT
2002        "Spring Salon", Springville, Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2001        "Oil Painters of America Nat'l Exhibition", Zantman Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
1998        "Arts for the Parks Competition 2nd 100", Jackson Wy

Juried Plein Air Competitions:
2004-06      "Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational",  Laguna Beach, CA
2004            "Teluride Plein Air", Teluride, CO
2004-05      "Airlie Arts Plein Air", Wilmington, NC
2002-'03     "Sonoma Plein Air", Sonoma, CA
2002-'03     "Desert Plein Air", La Quinta Arts Foundation, La Quinta, CA
2001            "Carmel Art Festival Plein Air 2001", Carmel Gallery Alliance, Carmel, CA
2001            "Plein Air Tucson 2001", Scotch Mist Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Recognition:
2006        Milford Zornes Award, Maynard Dixon Country, Mt. Carmel, UT
2004        Popular Choice Award, Maynard Dixon Country, Mt. Carmel, UT
2001        Solo Show Award, St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
2001        Popular Choice Award, "Maynard Dixon Country 2001", Mt. Carmel, UT
2001        Honorable Mention, "Carmel Art Festival Plein Air 2001", Carmel, CA
2001        Best of Show and Purchace Award, "St. George Art Festival", St. George, UT
2001        Award for "Best Desert and Mountains", Plein Air Tucson, 2001, Tucson, AZ
2000        First Place, "58th Annual Exhibition", Randall Theater, Cedar City, UT

Education:
1994-95        University of Oregon, Eugene, OR:  Graduate Painting Program
1989-92        Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT:  Drawing and Painting Instruction
1975-78        Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ:  Bachelor of Science-Geology