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Kate Bishop

Acrylic Painting
Watercolours
Drawing
Paper/Mixed Media

[email protected]
Instagram: @bishopkelizabeth

I look for light, beauty and an element of mystery in the forms and shapes found in nature and in the everyday. I use my own sketches and photos to begin my compositions of remembered and imagined landscapes, and build my paintings with layers of expressive colour in oils or acrylic. I sometimes draw with ink and watercolour, and have also worked in sculpture.

​I returned to painting after raising a family, working in arts administration and caring for elderly parents. I have studied art-making at many places over the years including The Art Students League of New York, Cooper Union, New York University (Theatre Design) and Toronto School of Art.

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Night Scene, I. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.
Night Scene, II. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.
Pleated Mountain. Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Mountainside. Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in.
Forastero. Oil on linen, 30 x 24 in.
Dogwood. Oil on panel, 16 x 12 in.
The Park. Acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 in.
Bloor West October. Oil on panel, 12 x 16 in.
12.12.2021. Ink on paper, 7 x 10.5 in.
From Arethousa. Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in.
Studio Corner in February. Ink on paper, 12 x 9 in.
January. Ink on paper, 9 x 12 in.
Drawing Table. Ink on paper, 9 x 12 in.
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  • the artists
    • artists a - f >
      • Edith Acker
      • Kate Bishop
      • Joan Burdett Ness
      • David Cairns
      • Lenore Carr-Smith
      • Lorne Corley
      • Jessie Chen
      • Luc De Nil
      • Nadine Dennis
      • Sandra Doan
      • Mark Doyle
      • Elizabeth Fijalkowski
      • Sandra Franke
      • Susan Freypons
    • artists g - l >
      • Annette Gaffney
      • Sudipta Ghosh
      • Rita Hisar
      • Jenny Horsman
      • Bernadette Hunt
      • Christine Jermyn
      • Trenna Keating
      • Patrick Klauss
      • Ileen Kohn
      • Rudolph Kurz
      • John Y. Lynch
      • Claire Lyons
    • artists m - r >
      • Susan Manchester
      • Jane Mikas
      • Pria Muzumdar
      • Kathryn Naylor
      • Svetlana Oguienko
      • Lilian O'Meara
      • Cid Palacio
      • Surabhi Pandey
      • Heather Pegg
      • Dana Pelham
      • Polina Penney
      • Elena Pope
      • Beatrice Roche
      • Anna Romanovska
      • Maggie Rose
    • artists s - z >
      • Marilyn Scott
      • Cathy Stasko
      • Les Tait
      • Marika Tiegermann
      • Elizabeth H. Tudor
      • John Vlachos
      • Ingrid Whitaker
      • Pam Wilkins
      • Anna Zinato
  • studio tour
    • Sponsors
    • Sponsorship Registration
  • Member Artists' Events
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