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Kate Breakey Mixed Media

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
Leopard Moth

Leopard Moth

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Still Life with Mandarines

Still Life with Mandarines

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

White Swan

White Swan

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

My Sister's White Cat

My Sister's White Cat

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Ghosts of Love If love took form, if we could see it, and if so watch, as it faded, or got lost, or just gave up, slowly softly, disappeared, disillusioned, dejected, I think I saw it, as a tree in the woods, as a pale moth, a boat upturned on a shore, moonlight on ocean, a feather, drifting down, discarded, I looked and, love was everywhere, sighing, trembling, shimmering, fluttering, tender, as it departed, and as I watched...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

White Witch Moth

White Witch Moth

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Mushrooms, Tuscany

Mushrooms, Tuscany

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Galahs in a Tree, Pt Lincoln South Australia

Galahs in a Tree, Pt Lincoln 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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Lone Sheoak Tree, Kangaroo Island South Australia

Lone Sheoak Tree, Kangaroo Island 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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Palo Verde Beetle

Palo Verde Beetle

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

Wing

Wing

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

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 Mixed Media

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 Mixed Media

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

Night Snake

Night Snake

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

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...

Category

2010s Contemporary Kate Breakey Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Nine Lunar Eclipses (E)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (E)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (E)

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, 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 Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

House Finch on Yucca, Arizona

House Finch on Yucca, Arizona

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, 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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Nine Lunar Eclipses (F)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (F)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (F)

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Shetland Islands, Golden Stardust
Shetland Islands, Golden Stardust

Shetland Islands, Golden Stardust

By Kate Breakey

Located in Columbia, MO

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 ser...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Kate Breakey Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

Kelp, Mendocino, California

Kelp, Mendocino, California

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Nine Lunar Eclipses (I)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (I)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (I)

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Nine Lunar Eclipses (C)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (C)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (C)

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Orange Leaves

Orange Leaves

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

White Pumpkin

White Pumpkin

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Pumpkin

Pumpkin

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Green Vase with Ginger Flower

Green Vase with Ginger Flower

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Hydrangea in a Bottle

Hydrangea 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 Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Pigment, Pastel, Pencil

Nine Lunar Eclipses (A)
Nine Lunar Eclipses (A)

Nine Lunar Eclipses (A)

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Pigment, Canvas

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

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