KATHARINE COSENZA BUTLER

                How could an artist resist painting the joy of the tropics, the colors and vibrancy found in no other climate?  Over the years, I have found many occasions to depict my interpretation of tropical life, whether through actual paintings and drawings done on site in different locations here and elsewhere in the world, or through creating joyful places and scenes of my own imagining.

                Having visited Sarasota as a child and lived here for the last fifteen years, I wanted this work to celebrate this particular place, called Paradise by many.  Especially as the city goes through the transition of many changes with all the current development of new houses and communities and re-development of the downtown, what keeps Sarasota the paradise destination for so many of us?  My answer is the fragile beauty of the coast, the turquoise waters of the gulf, the skies, and the tropical palms waving in the wind and warm light.  It is also the warmth of the people who are here and the city’s reputation for cultivating the arts.  Therefore, as an artist, and one who is privileged to welcome and promote other artists through my gallery, my own celebration of Paradise in this exhibition, in this time of big changes, is through my art, depicting what most touches me, the natural beauty still to be found in this part of the world.

               Born and raised in New York, Katharine Butler holds degrees from the
University of Wisconsin and the San Francisco Art Institute.  Ms. Butler’s
work has been exhibited in Florida, California, Washington, DC, Maine and
Italy, as well as in a traveling exhibit by the Smithsonian Institution,
titled “Handmade Paper.”  She regularly participates in local events as
speaker, demonstrator and host.  Last year, in addition to a successful solo
exhibition in Sarasota, her work was selected for juried and curated shows
in New York, California, and Maine, as well as in Florida.

Gulf Breeze

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimension: 25 in W x 25 in H

Price: $1, 200

Quantity: 1

Florida News,

Changing Landscape

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Chine Collé

Edition: 1/1

Dimensions:

16.5 in W x 18.5 in H Framed

9.25  in W x 11.5 in H Unframed

Price: $325/Framed $275/Unframed

Quantity: 1

Florida News,

Changing Landscape II

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Chine Collé

Edition: 1/1

Dimensions:

16.5 in W x 18.5 in H Framed

9.25  in W x 11.5 in H Unframed

Price: $325/Framed $275/Unframed

Quantity: 1

Florida News,

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Chine Collé

Edition: 1/1

Dimensions:

16.5 in W x 18.5 in H Framed

9.25  in W x 11.5 in H Unframed

Price: $325/Framed $275/Unframed

Quantity: 1

Lotus

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions:

36 in W x 36 in H Gallery Wrapped

Price: $1,800

Quantity: 1

  Sunset

   Subject: Tropical

   Medium: Two Plate Etching & Chine Collé

   Edition: 1/6

   Dimensions:

   17.5 in W x 14.5 in H Framed

   10 in W x 7.25 in H Unframed

   Price: $245/Framed $195/Unframed

   Quantity: 6

Joyful Solitude II

Subject: Ocean/Boats

Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media

Dimensions:

13 in W x 13 in H Framed

Price: $425

Quantity: 1

  Joyful Solitude III

  Subject: Ocean/Boats

  Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media

  Dimensions:

  13 in W x 13 in H Framed

  Price: $425

  Quantity: 1

Boca Chica

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Hand Colored Etching

Edition: 1/25

Dimensions:

18 in W x 16 in H Framed

10 in W x 9 in H Unframed

Price: $145/Framed $95/Unframed

Quantity: 25

    Siesta Key

     Subject: Tropical

     Medium: Hand Colored Etching

     Edition: 1/25

     Dimensions:

     18 in W x 16 in H Framed

     10 in W x 9 in H Unframed

     Price: $145/Framed $95/Unframed

     Quantity: 25

Jamaican Idyll

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Hand Colored Etching

Edition: 1/25

Dimensions:

18 in W x 16 in H Framed

10 in W x 9 in H Unframed

Price: $145/Framed $95/Unframed

Quantity: 25

    Caribe

     Subject: Tropical

     Medium: Hand Colored Etching

     Edition: 1/25

     Dimensions:

     18 in W x 16 in H Framed

     10 in W x 9 in H Unframed

     Price: $145/Framed $95/Unframed

     Quantity: 25

Palm on White

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Mixed Media on Paper

Dimensions:

30 in W x 30 in H Framed

Price: $525

Quantity: 1

Paradise Palm II

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Acrylic on Paper

Dimensions:

21 in W x 21 in H Framed

Price: $450

Quantity: 1

Paradise Palm IV

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Acrylic on Paper

Dimensions:

21 in W x 21 in H Framed

Price: $450

Quantity: 1

Paradise Palm V

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Acrylic on Paper

Dimensions:

21 in W x 21 in H Framed

Price: $450

Quantity: 1

Traveler Palm

Subject: Tropical

Medium: Two Plate Etching & Chine Collé

Edition: 1/6

Dimensions:

20 in W x 20 in H Framed

13 in W x 13 in H Unframed

Price: $375/Framed $315/Unframed

Quantity: 6

At the Beach

Subject: Ocean/Boats

Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media

Dimensions:

13 in W x 13 in H Framed

Price: $425

Quantity: 1

Apple Tree, Moody Skies III

Subject: Nature

Medium: Monoprint-Open Bite Intaglio

w/ Chine Collé

Edition: 1/1

Dimensions:

21 in W x 21 in H Framed

10.5 in W x 10.5 in H Unframed

Price: $325/Framed $275/Unframed

Quantity: 1

Apple Tree, Moody Skies IV

Subject: Nature

Medium: Monoprint-Open Bite Intaglio

w/ Chine Collé

Edition: 1/1

Dimensions:

21 in W x 21 in H Framed

10.5 in W x 10.5 in H Unframed

Price: $325/Framed $275/Unframed

Quantity: 1

Autumn Leaves

Subject: Nature

Medium: Monoprint-Open Bit, 3 Color Viscosity w/ Chine Collé

Edition: 1/1

Dimensions:

21.5 in W x 21.5 in H Framed

Price: $375

Quantity: 1

   Forest Fragments IV

    Subject: Nature

    Medium: Monoprint-Open Bit, 3 Color Viscosity       w/ Chine Collé

    Edition: 1/1

    Dimensions:

    21.5 in W x 21.5 in H Framed

    Price: $275

   Quantity: 1

                      Double Dance IV

                               Subject: Tropical

                               Medium: Etching

                                      Edition: 1/1

                                      Dimensions:

                  27 in W x 16 in H Framed

               21 in W x 10 in H Unframed

    Price: $475/Framed $400/Unframed

                                       Quantity: 1