a non-profit gallery for the visual and performing arts

2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225
in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center

Gallery hours beginning Saturday, January 22, 2022:
Noon to 4pm, Tuesday - Sunday
Free and Open to the Public
Purchase artwork from our online store

On the Wires
2015, Paintstick and Graphite on Board, 10x10x2 inches
Retail Value $150

Artist Statement

Kathleen Westkaemper has been an artist member of artspace and exhibited in Virginia for over 20 years. She has a BA from the University of California, Davis. Her work has been selected for juried exhibitions at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Muscarelle Museum at William and Mary College, The Charles Taylor Arts Center, Mary Washington College, The Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Montpelier Arts Center, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts and 1708 Gallery. She has received numerous awards of merit that include Realist Painting Award at the VA Artists Exhibition in Hampton, and Juror's Choice at both the Muscarelle Museum's American Drawing Biennial and the Virginia Artists Exhibition at the Charles Taylor Arts Center. Kathleen's work has been purchased for the collections of Capital One, Virginia Resources Authority, Harrah’s Hotel, Tumblr, St. Christopher's School and by numerous private collectors. Westkaemper is included in E. Ashley Rooney's books, 100 Southern Artists and Artists' Homes and Studios published by Schiffer Publishing LTD., 2012 and 2014.

Westkaemper's works are primarily prints and drawings. Her drawings are made in paint stick and graphite blending and mixing them directly on paper or board.

kathleenwestkaemper.com