For much of her professional life, Susan Kattas painted very large and lyrical stained canvas, selling her work to private collectors, designers, and corporate clients.
Since 2002, Kattas has created unique and inventive realistic collage using the detritus (return address labels and self-sticking decals) of everyday mail.
Here, Kattas appropriates Starry Night by Van Gogh to become a staccato swirl of recycled self-sticking paper snips. Susan’s art history background brings a learned understanding of the artists’ personal technique and her ability to simulate media such as impasto, marble and buon fresco.
Current Updates:
ART NEWS, September 12, 2011 issue - look for Susan's full page, full color ad. The collage Marble Scissors Paper is featured.
NEW DIRECTION: Susan's collages integrate her photographs of people with well known themes from Baroque Art. The current project is an interpretation of Judith and Holofernes.
