Born in Anchorage, Alaska, and now working toward a Ph.D. in art and religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, Katherine has traveled and lived throughout the world. She gained her Fine Art degree from the University of San Francisco and later studied painting and art history in Florence and Rome, Italy. Her works have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions and are included in private collections in Anchorage, San Francisco, Rome and Oxford, England. In addition to the pieces displayed here, Katherine welcomes the opportunity for commissioned work.
Icons are images that look for the transcendent.
They begin with the beauty of the temporal world, but move beyond to the spiritual to speak of it in the silent language of sign and symbol. I paint my icons with oil on wood, with gold leaf, various beads and found objects for decoration. Katherine Osenga's Web Site.