Kathleen Wilke Figurative Photography

"Queen of Hearts" - 2016 - C Print on Fuji Pearl, 50x38x2 inches Edition 1 of 7 Custom white box frame Kathleen Wilke blurs the lines of poetry and fiction through her underwater photography...

"Gift" is a stunning female figure walking underwater. Wearing white and inspired by Roman myth, she holds a flower. C Print on Fuji Pearl, Perspex mounted 48x48x1 inches Edition 1 of 7 Kathleen Wilke blurs the lines of poetry and fiction through her underwater photography. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wilke attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati and graduated from The Art Institute of Boston, where she majored in illustration and photography. Changing water effects illuminate the simplest subjects and transform imagery into beautiful, surreal and ethereal, painterly masterpieces. Sometimes her subjects are so peaceful and almost appear to be sleeping. Other underwater Wilke subjects are seen dancing and playing, with mischievous, provocative, and nymph-like qualities. Yet other times, the viewer is directly transported into the thoughts and emotion of her characters. Wilke was first place winner in the Unscene Tour, 2008, a photographic competition generated in Los Angeles. It was through this competition that Wilke was introduced to and began her relationship with DECORAZONgallery. In 2009, she was chosen as a recipient of the famed New Dallas Nine...