Kat Schilke is a self taught artist whose creative means of expression follows no rules.  She jokingly describes herself as having, "artistic craft ADD", jumping from one medium to another.  Some of her past works have cleverly utilized recycled materials in 3 dimensional projects. She has also created extraordinary decorative & functional pieces in beading and jewelry.  As a painter, her paintings and sculptural objects have cultivated a passionate and devoted family of collectors. Her talent as a costume designer spans many decades and she has been sought after to create for many theater companies.

               Enrolling in her fist class in printmaking a few years ago, Kat was captivated by the free flowing approach that working with ink on a plate could give her.  "Printmaking is always new for me, there new colors every printing session.  The process of printing may be the same each time, but the possibilities are endless." Kat's approach to a day in the studio is anything but planned, and she likes it that way.  She lays out a basic palette of Process blue, yellow and magenta then begins the alchemy of printing.  " I don't labor over the process, I want to get it on the plate and onto the paper then move on to the next one."  She likes to work quickly and simply, letting the process move her along.  "I like the one drop process of printing.  If I am working to achieve a glowing effect then I will use several drops to achieve that."

             Some of Kat's most provocative and rich prints come from what she calls her, "End of the Day Plate."  By taking the end of the day palette of inks and reworking a previously printed plates, she creates a series of prints with similar "ghost" elements or images.  "Reworking a plate really gets me going.  I love building the layers using the Ghost images and the new ink."