Artist: Katie C. Gutierrez
Medium: Cold Wax Mixed Media
Titles: Fever Dream No. 5, Fever Dream No. 6, Fever Dream No. 7, Fever Dream No. 8, Fever Dream No. 9, Fever Dream No. 10, Fever Dream No. 11, Fever Dream No. 12, Fever Dream No. 13, Fever Dream No. 14
Artist Statement: I was supposed to go on vacation; instead I had a fever for six days. In the lucid moments I had during that time, I made art, fantasizing about the mountains, cocktails, and friends that would have to wait.
Artist Biography: My work tends to revolve around nostalgia, optimism and CHANGE – good, bad, or otherwise. I paint my feelings, and inspired by the things I worry, daydream, laugh and cry about, am comforted by and endure, from the silly to the downright traumatizing. I love the meditative and sensory experience of working with wax in all forms. Texture and depth are very important aspects of my work, and my work is typically created from a combination of encaustic, cold wax, ink, shellac, pigments, oils, and acrylic. My experience has been a mix of learning how to do things properly while simultaneously experimenting in practices that would most likely result in epic failure – and as a huge fan of “happy accidents,” something I have learned not to worry about.
