Kathleen Secrest, abstracts and landscapes paintings
Please contact the Matzke Gallery for purchase, 360-387-2759 or email matzke@camano.net.

A Walk on the Strand
Oil on Canvas
30” x 30”
$1600

Surfacing
Oil on Canvas
24” x 24”
$1500

Aquifer
Pastel
12” x12” framed 20” x 20”
$800

Atmospheres
Oil on Canvas
36” x 36”
$2000

Ebb and Flow
Oil on Canvas
36” x 24”
$1650

Bottom of the Hill
Pastel
12” x12” framed 20” x 20”
$800

Dark Mountain
Pastel
9” x 9” framed 17” x17”
$700

Runoff
Pastel
11” x 8” framed 21” x 17”
$750

Skagit Sunset
Pastel
9.5 “x 15.5” framed 17” x 23”
$850 SOLD

Inland Waterway
Oil on Canvas
40” x 20”
$1800

Yellow Cloud
Pastel
40” x 20”
$1800

Brighter Side
Pastel
12” x 12” framed 20″ x 20″
$800

Reflecting the Landscape
Pastel
21” x 21” framed 30” x 30”
$1800

Someday Soon
Framed: 15 x 26, Soft pastel
$900


Lucent Mood
Framed: 27 x 27, Soft pastel
$1400


framed 12 x 12
Soft Pastel
SOLD

framed 12 x 12
Soft Pastel
SOLD

Aspen Trees
12” x 12” Soft Pastel
$375 SOLD

Tidal Creek
12” x 12” Soft Pastel
$375 SOLD

Winter Hill
12” x 12” Oil on panel
$300

Land Mass II
12” x 12” Oil on panel
$300

Low Tide
12 x 12
Oil & cold wax on panel
$225 SOLD

High Seas
12 x 12
Oil & cold wax on panel
$300 SOLD

Stormy Day
12 x 12
Oil & cold wax on panel
$300 SOLD

Swell
12 x 12
Oil & cold wax on panel
$300

The Sound
12 x 12
Oil & cold wax on panel
$350

Splash
24 x 24
Oil & cold wax on panel
$650

Twilight
36 x 36
Oil & cold wax on canvas
$1300 SOLD

Rain on the Fields
24 x 24
Oil & cold wax on panel
$650 SOLD

Bright Sunshiny Day
framed 19 x19
Soft pastel on paper
$750

Bramble
16 x 16
Oil & cold wax on panel
$400 SOLD

Doorway to Sunshine
20 x 20
Oil & cold wax on canvas
$550

Weather from the West
24 x 24
Oil & cold wax on panel
$650 SOLD

Frozen
Soft Pastel
19 x 19
$800

On the Brighter Side
Soft Pastel
27 x 27
$1200 SOLD

Distant Sand
Soft Pastel
19 x 19
$800

Sunspot
Soft Pastel
19 x 19
$800

Green Opening
framed 27x 27
Soft Pastel
$1200

Looking through the Window
at a Fine Spring Day
framed 19 x 19
Soft Pastel
$800

Re-emerging #1
20 x 20
Mixed Media, Oil and
Cold Wax on Canvas
$750

Re-emerging #2
20 x 20
Mixed Media, Oil and
Cold Wax on Canvas
$750

Red Sail
framed 12 x 12
Soft Pastel
SOLD

Rocky Shore
framed 15 x 15
Soft Pastel
$450 SOLD

Twlight
36 x 36
Oil & Cold Wax on Canvas
$1300 SOLD

Just a Passing Storm
framed 30 x 30
Soft Pastel
$1400

Light on the Horizon
framed 19 x 19
Soft Pastel
$800 SOLD

Backlit Clouds
framed 17 x 17
Soft Pastel
$550

A Sliver of Sunset
Soft Pastel
19 x 19
$750

Looking Toward the Olympics
Soft Pastel
19 x 19
$750

“Night and Day”
Soft Pastel
27H x 27W SOLD

Filling the Spaces Within
20 x 20 oil & cold wax SOLD

I Remember a River
20 x 20 oil & cold wax SOLD

Low Tide Beach Walk
20 x 20 oil & cold wax SOLD
My paintings are the expression of my belief in the importance of having personal interactions with the natural world. For me, the act of painting is the act of observing and responding to not only what is before my eyes, but also to the feelings that arise from those interactions.
Since I believe the environmental problems we face today have been intensified by a lessoning of our culture’s connection to and respect for the natural world, I seek to engage people in thinking about nature. Through abstraction, I hope to encourage them to think about our connection to water, sunlight and other elements of the environment beyond the limits of a representational scene.
Working from nature reminds me this place is one organism, everything connected.
I paint as a way of honoring the organism and the natural beauty around me.
Kathleen has been a painter for more than 30 years. Working in both oil and pastel she has received regional and national awards. She is a signature member of both the Northwest Pastel Society, and the Pastel Society of America, and a juried member of Women Painters of Washington. Her paintings have been exhibited on the east coast in New York and New Hampshire as well as throughout the Pacific Northwest in both group and solo exhibits.
Working for the more than 20 years as an art director, graphic designer and illustrator she has been honored with national, regional and local awards. As Art Director for the University of New Hampshire, she received several CASE awards and as a graphic designer she received several local and regional ADDY Awards.