Stedham, Kathryn
Having trained as an Academic Realist, Stedham became a figurative painter while living on the East Coast. She took up rock-climbing and traveled the world, scaling rock formations everywhere from Thailand to Africa to Yosemite as her painting style evolved into something more abstract. But it wasn’t until she moved West in 2005, first to Utah and later New Mexico, that she found herself drawn to painting the heart-stirring landscapes, gradually shifting from an abstract to a gestural Alla Prima style with a strong Modernist sensibility.
