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.
"The Secret Language of the Forest X" A beautiful dimensional painting on canvas
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"The Secret Language of the Forest X" Large Oil, Ink & Charcoal Painting on Buried Canvas by Katherine Filice The Secret Language of the Forest X is a 72 x 46-inch painting on buried...
Canvas, Charcoal, Ink
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
"The Energy of You" a gorgeous, energetic oil painting with soft grays and pinks
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
“The Energy of You” is a bold and expansive work by Katherine Filice that deftly merges ink and oil on canvas in a commanding 60-by-48-inch format. Here, sweeping brushstrokes of pig...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Oil
$14,900
"Eye of the Storm" A stunning colorful large painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Monumental Ink & Oil Painting on Canvas by Katherine Filice "Eye of the Storm" is an colorfully atypical 93″ × 93″ (unstretched size) painting on canvas by Northern California ...
Oil Crayon, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil
"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
$450
Wayfinding (No. 4) Forest-Inspired Grey Blue & Pink Painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Wayfinding (No. 4) is a 16.5 x 11.5-inch unframed painting with ink and pastel drawing on paper featuring grey, blue and pink elements that captures the spirit of searching—physicall...
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$950
What I Think I Know No. 14 – Black and Fuchsia Ink Abstract by Filice (2021)
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
What I Think I Know No. 14 is part of Katherine Filice’s ongoing series exploring intuition and the architecture of thought. Here, sweeping black forms loop and converge around satur...
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper
What I Think I Know No. 15 – Abstract Black and Magenta Ink Work (2021)
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
What I Think I Know No. 15 is a dynamic black and magenta ink abstraction on paper by Katherine Filice. The composition features gorgeous sweeping gestures and interwoven lines that ...
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper
$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
"The Race Against Wind and Time" Large Red & Black Painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"The Race Against Wind and Time" is a dynamic 58" x 50" Inch oil on canvas work by Katherine Filice. With sweeping movement and layered abstraction, this piece evokes urgency, elemen...
Canvas, Oil
$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
$4,900
"No Way Down" Large Contemporary Oil and Ink Painting by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Large Contemporary Gallery-Wrapped Oil and Ink Painting by Katherine Filice "No Way Down" is a 60 x 42.5-inch gallery-wrapped painting by Katherine Filice, combining oil and ink on r...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Oil
Alchemy of the Stars — Contemporary Abstract Painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Contemporary abstract painting by Katherine Filice, "Alchemy of the Stars", executed in ink and acrylic on wood panel, 14 × 14 × 0.75 inches (2025). In this radiant work, Filice inha...
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$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
Title: What I Think I Know No. 12 – Black and Pink Ink Drawing by Filice (2021)
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
In What I Think I Know No. 12, Katherine Filice continues her inquiry into perception, connection, and the thresholds between inner and outer worlds. Executed in ink on paper, the pi...
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper
$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
$5,700
"Premonitions" A large evocative oil painting with blues, pinks and lavender
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"Premonitions" is a 60 x 48-inch painting by Katherine Filice, made with ink and oil on canvas. The work features in soft purples, deep blues, and pale silvery tones, with flowing fo...
Canvas, Oil
$7,300
"The Memory of the Tallest Sugar Pine" A bold graffiti style abstract painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"The Memory of the Tallest Sugar Pine" is a 58 x 63-inch oil painting on canvas by Katherine Filice. This large-scale work blends earthy copper and bronze tones with expressive lines...
Varnish, Oil
Wayfinding (No. 3) Forest-Inspired Work on Paper by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Ink and Pastel Forest-Inspired Work on Paper by Katherine Filice Wayfinding (No. 3) is a contemplative 16.5 x 11.5-inch work on paper by Katherine Filice, created with ink and pastel...
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Archival 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
$5,200
"The Edge of Heaven" Large Abstract Oil & Ink Canvas by Katherine Filice
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"The Edge of Heaven" is an expansive 65.75 x 40.5-inch oil and ink painting on raw canvas (back is gessoed) by Katherine Filice. With sweeping gestures and ethereal layers, the work ...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Oil