“Kathleen Tonnesen is a respected artist dedicated to the enhancement of our public spaces with meaningful and thought provoking art. While she is a citizen of the world, she has a strong desire to contribute to the cultural heritage of Canada and British Columbia. She has previously designed, produced, organized and toured a significant mixed media concept here and in the USA. Kathleen is a dynamic, focused and inventive worker with both creative ability and organizational skills. Her ideas are always interesting.” - Robert Genn
Rise
Canvas, Acrylic, 36" x 30"
Artist's Statement
Rise! Reach. Grasp. Extend. Feel. Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows Dykes, a snow globe of spectacular sky upon sky; a seamless kaleidoscope of colour. Rise! Feel the light caress your skin, breathe the enthusiasm of nature's bounty. Rise! - Katon 2011
Gypsy Jazz King Nirvana
Canvas, Acrylic 36" x 48"
Royal Oak Michigan, December 2006, I was treated to the impassioned performance by Gino Enrico Fanelli - Romantic guitar instrumentals, inspired by the solo recordings of the great Django Reinhardt, Gypsy-style guitar with a touch of Classical. "To witness and capture a musician in flow; a resonating entity at one with his world, is an entrancing suspension of time" - Katon 2001
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Canvas, Acrylic, 48" x 36"
Artist's Statement
Plein Air - Neaves Road Dykes, Pitt Meadows, B.C. Canada. I feel Blessed to safely walk these Dykes near my home and my favourite hymn, since age six, sings in my heart - Katon 2007
Cranberry Tide
Canvas, Acrylic, 30" x 40"
Artist's Statement
Swept ashore upon a Cranberry Tide, Mt. Baker stands resplendent in the golden light of a Winters goodbye. Cranberry Tide, Harris Road Dykes, Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows - Katon 2011
