February 27, 2013. 18 photos.
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Artist Katy Horan creates detailed and intricate works on paper in her light-filled studio. -
Bright blue vintage milk of magnesia bottles are grouped in a corner of the artist’s windowsill. -
Horan works primarily in acrylic, gouache, and flashe. -
Images that move between the sweet and the horrific dot Horan’s studio, like this Brauner Bear poster. -
Small and painstaking, Horan’s work takes up only a fraction of her working surface. -
Interested in Victoriana and cultures of death, Horan jokes that she “should have been a goth.” This work, Bereaved #3 (2012), is one of the largest that Horan has produced. -
A wooden cardinal dangles above a desk. -
Granny Women (also called Granny Witches), a kind of Ozark curandera, fascinate Horan. -
“My works develop organically,” says Horan. “Either it works or it doesn’t.” -
Some of Horan’s works that don’t work end up in this flat file. -
Horan’s desk for non-painting work -
When asked if she’s ever designed for theatre production, Horan scoffs, citing her tendency toward perfection as a barrier in working quick enough. “But this diorama was my attempt at that.” -
“I love researching folklore.” -
A small painting titled The Weeping Woman from 2013. -
A painting Horan purchased at an art fundraiser -
Books are piled and stacked in strategic locations throughout Horan’s studio. -
Horan creates lists and storyboards before beginning a work. -
Sketches in progress