Kathleen has been painting since the early 1980s and has exhibited her work in California, Philadelphia, New York, Maine and France. Originally trained and educated in the field of Illustration at Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts), Kathleen chose to focus on painting, primarily working in the tactile and sensual medium of soft pastels. More recently she has increased her work in oils, using both landscape and abstracts as her subject. Her work in pastels has garnered praise and media attention, the most recent of which was her inclusion in a French book, titled 40 Maitres du Pastel/les grandes maitres du pastel 2016. She had been awarded a month long residency at the presigious artists’ colony, YADDO in Saratoga Springs, NY, and two weeks at Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME. http://www.kathleengalligan.com/about/