Kate  Hansen's profile    Send Message Figurative, Realism   Quick Facts Country :   Canada State :   BC City :   Courtenay Address 1 :   2176 Grant Ave. Address 2 :   Courtenay BC Zip :   V9N 6M8 Website :   http://www.katehansenart.com Blog :   http://www.katehansenart.com/the-artful-mother.html Birthplace :   Saskatoon Saskatchewan Date of birth :   1977-02-27 Phone :   250-871-4627 Statement :   After the birth of my son in 2007 I felt an incredible energy and drive to make art. Contrary to the popular belief that art making is one of the things that fall to the wayside after the birth of children, in my case I felt inspired and compelled by my experience of childbirth and motherhood. It was almost as though the creative act of making another human being awoke a creative drive in me. I also found that the time limitations involved in caring for an infant forced me to be more disciplined in my art making. I would eke out hours here and there when my son was sleeping to continue my portraits. After my daughter was born in 2008 I started a series of mother and child portraits and paired them with birth stories written by each subject. I wished to express the imperfection and fallibility of the mothers and to capture an element of the divine in the mother/child bond. I wanted to draw some parallels between our own ideals of what a mother should be, and the cultural ideal of Information :   I am a mother and an artist from Vancouver Island, BC. Canada. I have exhibited all over Canada, and have just started participating in exhibits in the United States as well. I recently participated in a group show called "Mothers" at the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. My most recent series is called "The Madonna and Child Project," combining iconic gold leafed portraits of mothers with their babies and their individual birth stories. Tags :   drawing, figurative, painting, realism Total Arts :   10   0 Comment   No comments found for this profile. Click here and be the first to comment on this profile.