Creative Processes

Katharine joined the Maui art community in when she moved here from the Big Island. “I wanted to meet Maui artists and take advantage of the all the wonderful classes offered by local artists and visiting artists from the mainland. Living closer to the Hui No’eau gave me the opportunity to participate in life drawing, oil and watercolor painting and printmaking classes.” Katharine has a passion for figure drawing and painting flowers, sunsets and seascapes. “Maui offers many unique and diverse climates and vistas for an artist. After I visited Monet’s garden at Giverny ten years ago, I was inspired to plant my own garden and fill it with roses, daylilies, hydrangeas, azaleas, poppies, irises, daisies, heather, gardenias and bachelor buttons. I’ve also enjoyed planting natives like koa, kukui and ohia trees, pohinahina, ilima, a’alii and a variety of Hawaiian ferns. Katharine has spent forty years practicing as a Doctor of Chiropractic. She received her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology in 1980. She does body orientated counseling, like Hakomi and Bodynamics integration. “I’ve taken many art therapy classes and which has benefited me personally as well as professionally. To me, art and art therapy and experiential painting are all powerful tools for transformation.” “I enjoy experimenting and use a variety of media: oil, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, pen and ink.” I have been lucky enough to study with many talented Maui artists: George Allan, Connie Adams, Carmen Gardener, Richard Nelson, Tony Walholm, Jaisey Hanlon, Lee Shapiro and Paul Mullowney. I have also had the good fortune to study with Kevin MacPherson, Plein Air oil painter and Timothy Clark, watercolorist. “I enjoy experiencing the diversity of Maui art and the uniqueness of Maui artists. I feel blessed to live on such a magnificent island.” Copyright © 2009-2010, Katharine Stone Ayers. All rights reserved.