Kate Huntington
Kate Huntington grew up in Providence, RI. And began painting and
drawing before high school. Even in high school she gained a reputation among
her peers as a portraitist and many of her schoolmates have portraits of
themselves that they asked her to do. There was never a second’s doubt about
what she would do with her life.
She went to RISD and has worked as a representational painter based in
the Providence, RI metropolitan area continuously since 1976. Her work is shown
in and about New
England in galleries and museums and featured
in several distinguished books. Also, in the fall of 2007, about a dozen of
Kate’s paintings can be spotted in various scenes on the award winning Showtime
TV drama “Brotherhood”. Her paintings and drawings are found in numerous
national and international private and corporate collections. She is a
member
of The Copley Society in Boston and a former member of The Art league of RI.
Ms. Huntington works out of her Providence, RI studio. Members of the
local artist community come together regularly at the studio for the study of
the portrait and figurative work.
Ms. Huntington is an artist’s
artist. Many seek her judgment and advice. She pursues a poetic vision with the
stubbornness of Cezanne and has never hesitated to sacrifice whatever she
needed to in the service of her work. The result is a quality of visual poetry
and truth and a communication that is refreshing, comforting, and moving.