Duchamp Descending Painting

Katherine Borkowski-Byrne was born and raised in New Jersey and currently resides and works outside of Boston, MA, USA. She started painting as a young married woman living in Nova Scotia, Canada, where she drew inspiration from the wild landscape. While listening to opera, Katherine translates the many layered-music into many-layered paintings. She is influenced by the art of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism with its focus on being in the moment and the use of fortunate accidents and experimental techniques. She fell in love with oil paint for its wonderful viscosity and full range of effects, and also paints with acrylic, watercolor and mixed media. Katherine studied with Second Generation Abstract Expressionist Friedel Dzubas in Boston, MA, and proclaims that there are still new and exciting paintings to come from the language of abstract expressionism.