About the ARTIST

Kate Roberts is a Santa Cruz–based artist whose vibrant, layered paintings explore the natural world through color, form and abstraction.

A lifelong photographer, Kate began making images as a teenager, winning her first photography award at 15. Over time, her practice expanded beyond the camera as she began painting directly onto her photographs, combining photography and acrylics to transform familiar landscapes, plants and wildlife.

That exploration eventually led her away from the photograph altogether and toward painting on canvas. Her current work begins with the natural world—coastlines, water, fields, forests and the distinctive landscape of California’s Central Coast—but increasingly moves toward abstraction. Rather than depicting a place literally, she uses bold color, simplified forms, layers and mark-making to explore the experience and memory of place.

Her recent collections include Above Monterey Bay, Pink Dunes and Reflections. Her work is informed by artists who have explored the expressive possibilities of landscape, color and abstraction, including Richard Diebenkorn, Mark Rothko, Nicolas de Staël, Gerhard Richter, and Andrew Faulkner.

Before devoting herself fully to art, Kate spent several decades as a business and community leader in Silicon Valley and the Monterey Bay region. Today she lives and works in Santa Cruz, California. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows and is held in private and corporate collections.

CONTACT

For inquiries about available paintings, exhibitions, commissions or representation, please get in touch.

Kate Roberts
Santa Cruz, California
kate@thewiredwoman.com