Katherine Filice is an award-winning abstract artist based in Northern California, best known for her evocative multimedia works, which art critic Nancy Kay Turner described as “sensuous, tactile, and provocative.” Drawing inspiration from centuries-old forests and the practice of Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing), her work explores themes of spirituality, memory, and human connectivity. Her practice merges ink, oil painting, drawing, and a range of found and natural materials.
Filice’s artistic journey has been shaped by a comprehensive traditional art education and invaluable mentorship from artists, critics, and curators through several New York–based programs, including the Yellow Chair Salon and NYC Crit Club, as well as continuing education at UC Santa Cruz and Stanford University. In addition to her fine art practice, she founded and led a highly successful creative studio in Silicon Valley for over 30 years, earning numerous design awards for her commercial work. She holds a BS degree from the University of San Francisco, and her professional and educational background deeply influence her exploration of human relationships and their reflection within the natural world.
Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is held in private and corporate collections worldwide. Most recently, she was featured in her solo exhibition The Nature of Things at Be Seen Gallery in Northern California. Other solo exhibitions include Lost in the Woods at the Pacific Art League and Lost & Found; Found at 1202 Contemporary. In 2024–25, her work was included in several museum exhibitions, including the New Museum Los Gatos, the Triton Museum in Santa Clara, and the Monterey Museum of Art Biennial in Monterey, California. Filice serves on the San Benito County Arts Council Curatorial Committee and has been an AIVA judge for over 15 years. She currently resides in Northern California.
Common Ground (No. 2) Textural Abstract Painting on Wood, Contemporary
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Textural abstract painting by Katherine Filice, featuring stucco, mica, ink, charcoal, and found materials layered onto wood. From her "Common Ground" series, this work demonstrates ...
Found Objects, Mica, Wood Panel
$675
Common Ground (No.9) An intimate and striking textural contemporary painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Contemporary abstract painting by Katherine Filice featuring ink, stucco, and wax on wood panel, framed and completed in 2026. Created as part of Filice's "Common Ground" series, thi...
Archival Ink, Wax, Wood Panel
"Tethered To The Echos of You" a stunning textural painting with blues and grays
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Tethered to the Echos of You Ink, Charcoal, Embers & Natural Mixed Media on Buried Canvas by Katherine Filice Tethered to the Echos of You is a 39.5 x 27 x 3‑inch work on buried canv...
Canvas, Driftwood, Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Mica
$1,440
Common Ground (No.6) A gorgeous contemporary, sculptured diptych on wood panel
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Abstract diptych painting by Katherine Filice created with layered ink, stucco, mica, charcoal, and found materials on two wood panels. Part of her "Common Ground" series, this work ...
Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wood Panel, Mica
$6,400
A View From The Moon (No. 4) A beautiful sky-inspired painting featuring mica.
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"A View From The Moon (No. 4)" by award-winning painter, Katherine Filice, is a stunningly beautiful metaphorical exploration of perspective and distance, offering a contemplative es...
Gesso, Canvas, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Mica
Shinrin Yoku An abstract painting featuring blue, brown and green.
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
From Katherine Filice's ongoing exploration of nature’s invisible energies, Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing) channels the ancient practice of walking among trees with intent. In this pi...
Silver
Hiding on Saturn (No. 2) A gorgeous forestal blue dimensional framed painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"Hiding on Saturn (No. 2)" is a 31.5 x 36-inch mixed media painting by Katherine Filice, made with ink, paper, charcoal, branches, stucco, and chalk on buried canvas. The surface is ...
Canvas, Chalk, Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$2,690
"Burn Scar (No. 4)" Mixed Media Forest Fragment on Canvas by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"Burn Scar (No. 4)" is a 16.5 x 23-inch work made with ink, paper, burnt branches, charcoal, and stucco on buried canvas. Katherine Filice uses scorched natural materials to tell a s...
Canvas, Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, ...
$1,100
"Burn Scar (No. 3)" Sculptural Forest Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Burn Scars (No. 3)" is an 11 x 11-inch (Framed Size 15 x 15 x 2 in) mixed media piece from Katherine Filice’s "Burn Scar" series, which reflects on the resilience of nature and the s...
Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wax
$6,800
"Burn Scar (No 2)" Textural Forest-Inspired Painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"Burn Scar (No. 2)" exemplifies Filice's unique approach, combining ink, paper, branches, bark, and stucco on canvas to create a textured, tactile piece that invites deep contemplati...
Found Objects, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Canvas
$875
Common Ground (No. 4) A contemporary textural abstract painting on wood panel
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Encaustic abstract painting by Katherine Filice, incorporating charcoal, ink, wax, and found objects on a wood panel. Part of the artist’s newest series, "Common Ground", this painti...
Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wax, Wood Panel
Common Ground (No. 3) a textural contemporary painting featuring blues on panel
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Contemporary abstract painting combining ink, acrylic, stucco, and found objects on a wood panel. This piece from Katherine Filice’s newest series, "Common Ground" balances fluid ges...
Found Objects, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Common Ground No 1 a textural painting featuring earth tones and blues
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Abstract painting by Katherine Filice, created with ink, stucco, mica, charcoal, and found objects on a wood panel. Part of the artist’s "Common Ground" series, this work explores ma...
Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wood Panel, Mica
$2,490
Fallen Angels Always Rise No. 2 a monotone fractured contemporary painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"Fallen Angels Always Rise No. 2" (2021) is part of Katherine Filice’s evocative mixed-media series that explores the tensions between collapse and renewal, absence and reformation. ...
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper
Fallen Angels Always Rise, Abstract Sumi Ink on Paper, Framed, 2010+
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Fallen Angels Always Rise is a layered meditation on resilience, transformation, and the quiet persistence of spirit. Katherine Filice’s composition unfolds in a textured field of su...
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper
$6,900
“With Only The Moonlight To Guide Me (No. 2)” Painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
“With Only The Moonlight To Guide Me (No. 2)” Sculpted Paper and Ink on Canvas by Katherine Filice is a 40 x 34-inch mixed media work featuring layers of hand-drawn marks sculpted in...
Canvas, Chalk, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper...
"The Falling, The Rising" Large Painting with Earth Elements by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"The Falling, The Rising" is a powerful 48 x 36-inch mixed media canvas by Katherine Filice, created with oil, ink, paper, and earth on buried canvas. Exploring cycles of collapse an...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Blue Moon Landing" Mixed Media Painting
By Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
This mixed-media painting by contemporary artist Patrick Burns is a departure from his "Concrete Gardens" flower paintings, yet continues his use of heavy texture and reverberating, ...
Concrete
$2,600
H 24 in W 24 in D 2 in
Wallpaper 2: Abstract Green Encaustic Painting of Yellow Flower Petals on Panel
By Allyson Levy
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract painting with green encaustic and light yellow flower petals on wood panel "Wallpaper 2" made by Allyson Levy in 2020 encaustic and flower petals on wood panel, 24 x 24 x 2 ...
Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pigment
For SRV (Large)
By Michael David
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...
Encaustic, Wood Panel, Wax, Oil
$2,757
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
ABSTRACT Colors Artwork Body Pastel Forms Contemporary Artist Danny Avidan
By Danny Avidan
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
"The frame of this artwork is slightly tilted intentionally by the artist." At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for o...
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
$26,909
H 33 in W 24 in D 2.5 in
Yellow & Black Abstract Expressionist Art, Mixed Media on Paper, Signed, 1999
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Yellow & Black Abstract Expressionist Art, Mixed Media on Paper, Signed, 1999 - a Unique Original Painting - an extremely rare early work from leading British Contemporary Artist...
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Wood, Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Varnish, Cot...
Light and Shadow
By Rebecca Crowell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...
Wax, Wood Panel
(r)evolution 31 (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
(r)evolution 31 (Abstract painting) Pigmented Beeswax, Oil & Collage on Panel. Unframed. This painting is part of a series titled (r)evolution which started in 2014. This process...
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel, Pigment
$1,350
H 30 in W 19 in
Loving Red Abstract Painting, Acrylic and Inks on Paper, 30x22 Inches
By Betty Efferson
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 30x22 acrylic and inks on paper piece is sure to dominate your space with its bold pops of red and aggressive black marks. This piece is currently unframed, but reach out if yo...
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Untitled No. 63 Abstract Composition Mixed Media
By Michael David
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled No 63, abstract composition 1987 Mixed media on wood panel, wax, oil, paper. signed with initials, gallery label. Abstract painter Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic, a technique that incorporates heated beeswax and pigment. Considered an inheritor of Abstract Expressionism, David’s abstract work primarily centers on the use of a densely layered surface to facilitate a direct and immediate spiritual experience. He often incorporates religious iconography and symbolism, art historical themes such as the nude, and contemporary politics into his paintings resulting in a critical dialogue between the layered abstraction of the surface and the integrated representational imagery. Alongside his work on canvas, David has developed a body of studio photography that recreates paintings by Caravaggio, Manet, and Mantegna, among others, in works that confront racism, homophobia, and sexism. David also works in mixed media and environmental sculpture...
Oil, Paper, Wax, Wood Panel
$9,000
H 64.97 in W 81.89 in D 0.12 in
Impermanence Series n7 and n6, Diptych. From the Impermanence series
By Rosario Briones
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In the Kingdom of Transience, everything is temporary, subject to constant change. Everything is unstable and volatile like the wind. The precariousness of our existence reminds us t...
Canvas, Ink, Pigment
$31,049
H 27.5 in W 37 in D 2.5 in
Orange, Black & Cream Abstract Expressionist Art - a Unique Original Painting
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Orange, Black & Cream Abstract Expressionist Art - a Unique Original Painting - an extremely rare early work from leading British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This colo...
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Wood, Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Varnish, Cot...
$1,704Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 1.19 in
ABSTRACT Colors Artwork Body Earth Forms Contemporary Artist Danny Avidan
By Danny Avidan
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
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H 14 in W 14 in D 0.75 in
Common Ground (No. 12) A contemporary abstract landscape on wood panel
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Ink, chalk, and paper abstract painting by Katherine Filice, mounted on wood panel and framed, completed in 2026. This work represents a thoughtful culmination within her recent "Com...
Chalk, Archival Ink, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
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H 7 in W 6.5 in D 1 in
Common Ground (No. 11) An intimate black, mica-infused contemporary painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Mica and charcoal abstract painting by Katherine Filice, mounted on wood panel and framed, completed in 2026. Created as part of her recent "Common Ground" series, this work introduc...
Charcoal, Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Mica
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H 7.5 in W 7.5 in D 1 in
Common Ground (No. 8) small contemporary textured painting with green and blues
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Ink and paper abstract painting by Katherine Filice, mounted on wood panel and framed, completed in 2026. Part of her newest series, "Common Ground", this work introduces paper as a ...
Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
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H 6 in W 6.5 in D 1.25 in
Common Ground (No. 7) a small monochromatic contemporary textural painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Intimate abstract painting by Katherine Filice featuring ink, wax, stucco, and found elements on wood panel. From here "Common Ground" series, this smaller-scale work offers a focuse...
Charcoal, Found Objects, Ink, Wax, Wood Panel
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H 17.5 in W 15 in D 7 in
Common Ground (No. 5) A textural contemporary painting on wood panel
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Abstract painting by Katherine Filice executed with ink, stucco, mica, charcoal, and found elements on a wood panel. Part of her "Common Ground" series, this painting emphasizes surf...
Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Wood Panel, Mica
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H 32 in W 26.75 in
Spirit Guide (No. 2) Abstracted blue butterflies with gold and gray inks
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Katherine Filice — Spirit Guide (No. 2) Ink on sculpted paper, 25 × 19.75 in (2024) Framed: 36 × 31 × 1.5 in Spirit Guide (No. 2) feels like an intimate invocation—an artwork that s...
Chalk, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
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H 40.5 in W 54.5 in D 2.5 in
A View From The Moon (No. 5) A stunning large painting with striking sky blues
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Katherine Filice — A View From the Moon No. 5 Ink, paper, chalk & oil stick on canvas, 33 × 48 in (2025) Framed: 40.5 × 54.5 × 2.5 in A large striking work from her ongoing A View F...
Canvas, Chalk, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
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H 13.5 in W 10.5 in D 1 in
"A View From The Moon (No.6)" A gorgeous textural work featuring blues and green
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
A View From The Moon No. 6 (Unframed) Ink, Charcoal, Embers & Natural Mixed Media on Buried Canvas by Katherine Filice A View From The Moon No. 6 is a dimensional, textured work by K...
Canvas, Driftwood, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Other...
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H 16 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Signs of Life (No. 2) Small-Scale Mixed Media Forest Work by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"Signs of Life (No. 2)" is a 11.5 x 9.5-inch work made with ink, paper, wax drippings, burnt branches and bark, and stucco on buried canvas. A poetic response to nature’s quiet perse...
Canvas, Charcoal, Pastel, Found Objects, Wax, Color Pencil, Other Medium
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H 20.25 in W 15.75 in D 3.5 in
“Where The Dogwoods Bloom” Dimensional forest painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"Where The Dogwoods Bloom" is a 16.25 x 11.75 x 3-inch sculptural piece made with ink, paper, bark, embers, and found natural elements. Deeply rooted in the forest, Katherine Filice ...
Found Objects, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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H 47 in W 33.75 in D 0.75 in
The Breeze Through the Curtains - Contemporary Work on Paper in Black + White
By Katherine Filice
Located in Gilroy, CA
The key feature to note with the piece 'The Breeze Through the Curtains' is the ability of the marker to capture an equally chaotic and serene sense of movement. The piece itself i...
Chalk, Sumi Ink, Graphite
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H 25.5 in W 46.5 in D 2 in
Fragments of Memory V - Textured Contemporary Abstract in Black & White
By Katherine Filice
Located in Gilroy, CA
Fragments of Memory V, is a continuation of the current series of abstract works by Katherine Filice. In this piece, a horizontal composition of various white lines, occupy a negati...
Chalk, Sumi Ink, Handmade Paper