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Kate Breakey Art

Australian, b. 1957
Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals in a series called Small Deaths published in 2001 by University of Texas Press. Her other monographs include Painted Light, University of Texas in 2010, a career retrospective that encompasses a quarter century of prolific image making. Her collection of photograms, entitled 'Las Sombras / The shadows' was published by University of Texas Press in October 2012. This series is a continuation of her lifetime investigation of the natural world which in her own words is ‘brimming with fantastic mysterious beautiful things. Since 1980 her work has appeared in more than 110 one-person exhibitions and in over 60 group exhibitions. A native of South Australia, Kate moved to Austin, Texas in 1988. She completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Texas in 1991 where she also taught photography in the Department of Art and Art History until 1997. Her collections include the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, The Australian National Gallery, and the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, as well as various private collections. She has resided in Tucson, Arizona for 20 years. She regularly teaches workshops nationally and internationally.
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Artist: Kate Breakey
Horseshoe Crab

Horseshoe Crab

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

"Raven Wing" Original Artwork, Pigment Print and Colored Pencil
"Raven Wing" Original Artwork, Pigment Print and Colored Pencil

"Raven Wing" Original Artwork, Pigment Print and Colored Pencil

By Kate Breakey

Located in Denver, CO

Artist's Statement: Ravens can live for 15 years and they mate for life. If they lose their mate they spend two years mourning before looking for another. I couldn’t help thinking ab...

Category

2010s Photorealist Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Horny Toad

Horny Toad

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Pair of Hummingbirds

Pair of Hummingbirds

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (I)
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (I)

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (I)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

White Koi
White Koi

White Koi

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

White Horse in Moonlight

White Horse in Moonlight

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Portrait of a Raven
Portrait of a Raven

Portrait of a Raven

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When the trembling heart stops beating, what remains is a tiny beautiful corpse. I make a portrait to commemorate that life and to express my sorrow and regret. It’s my gesture towar...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Comet Neowise

Comet Neowise

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Pomegranate" Original Artwork, 24kt Gold on Museum Glass
"Pomegranate" Original Artwork, 24kt Gold on Museum Glass

"Pomegranate" Original Artwork, 24kt Gold on Museum Glass

By Kate Breakey

Located in Denver, CO

About the artist: Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers a...

Category

2010s Photorealist Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Sterling Silver Rose

Sterling Silver Rose

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Dragonfly
Dragonfly

Dragonfly

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nine Lunar Eclipses (B)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (B)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (B)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Patricia's Tulips

Patricia's Tulips

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I've been fascinated with botany and have photographed flowers for 40 years now. Flowers were around long before animals – about 140 million years. There are estimated to be 400,000...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Pastel, Pencil

Nine Lunar Eclipses (D)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (D)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (D)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (C)
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (C)

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (C)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

A Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly

A Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (L)
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (L)

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (L)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (E)
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (E)

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (E)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Copse, Mt. Etna, Sicily

Copse, Mt. Etna, Sicily

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nine Lunar Eclipses (H)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (H)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (H)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Seven Finches on Yukka

Seven Finches on Yukka

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –stars...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Sphinx, River Thames

Sphinx, River Thames

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Buckeye, Texas

Buckeye, Texas

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Waxing Crescent

Waxing Crescent

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Orotones leafed in 24kt gold, Price includes frame

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Ravens, Kellidie Bay, South Australia

Ravens, Kellidie Bay, South Australia

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Droopy Tulips

Droopy Tulips

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Agoseris in a Bottle

Agoseris in a Bottle

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Sunflower III

Sunflower III

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Raven on Lace

Raven on Lace

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Sonoran Whipsnake

Sonoran Whipsnake

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nest I

Nest I

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Ink

Sprouting Onion
Sprouting Onion

Sprouting Onion

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Seven Flycatchers

Seven Flycatchers

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Limited edition of 20 Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Nine Lunar Eclipses (G)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (G)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (G)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (H)
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (H)

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (H)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Blue Vase with Red Berries

Blue Vase with Red Berries

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (K)

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (K)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Pastel, Pencil

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Two Pale Roses

Two Pale Roses

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Comet Neowise and Shooting Star

Comet Neowise and Shooting Star

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fingernail Moon Setting Behind Safford Peak

Fingernail Moon Setting Behind Safford Peak

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

D Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly

D Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ocean, South Australia

Ocean, South Australia

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Tree of Life, Mesquite, Full Moon Rising, Bahrain

Tree of Life, Mesquite, Full Moon Rising, Bahrain

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nest 23

Nest 23

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Silk, Archival Pigment

Eucalyptus Tree, Hillside, South Australia

Eucalyptus Tree, Hillside, South Australia

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Coast of Sardinia, Italy

Coast of Sardinia, Italy

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dead Trees, South Australia

Dead Trees, South Australia

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Limited edition of 20 Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Fallen Bough, Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy

Fallen Bough, Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Three Oak Trees, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

Three Oak Trees, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Swamp, Virginia Creeper, Plum Creek, Texas

Swamp, Virginia Creeper, Plum Creek, Texas

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Limited edition of 20 Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorpora...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Nest 9

Nest 9

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Silk, Archival Pigment

Bare Tree, Mexico

Bare Tree, Mexico

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Juniper Tree, Monument Valley, Utah

Juniper Tree, Monument Valley, Utah

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Trees in Mist, Bennablio, Italo

Trees in Mist, Bennablio, Italo

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Trees, Pond, New Mexico

Trees, Pond, New Mexico

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nest II

Nest II

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Portraits of found nests. Price includes frame.

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Archival Ink

Shiny Shell

Shiny Shell

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Humming Bird Flying

Humming Bird Flying

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kate Breakey Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

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Find a wide variety of authentic Kate Breakey art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Kate Breakey in pigment print, archival pigment print, crayon and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Kate Breakey art, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of David H. Gibson, Beth Moon, and Pentti Sammallahti. Kate Breakey art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $500 and tops out at $6,000, while the average work can sell for $1,500.