Kathy HIldebrandt is an international award winning pastel artist living in Calgary, Alberta. Kathy is a full time professional artist and former instructor in all mediums. She is a signature member of the …

Kathy's work has been published in a variety of different art magazines and books.

Still life is Kathy's main subject matter. She can spend considerable time setting up the composition and lighting before she ever puts paint or pastel to support. This is a small sampling of her still life works.

Kathy has long turned to abstract as a diversion to the painstaking detail in her other work. She has come to appreciate the freedom associated with creating abstracts and has been focusing more of …

Torn Between the Dark and the Light [Pastel, 16x24] Another Door Opens [Pastel, 16x20]

Abstracts and abstract florals are a recent addition to Kathy's work. Her abstract floral work retain a sense of representational leanings, but the looseness allows her to shed her attention to detail and …

Every Which Way But Loose [Pastel, 9x19] Hope Emerges From the Darkness [Pastel, 12x12]

Digital is a new medium to Kathy. It allows a freedom not possible with traditional mediums but the offset is the lack of the physical push and pull of the paint or pastel on the surface. All these digital …