About Kathy Womack Gallery

I tell people I live vicariously through my paintings. Much of the creativity in my work is focused on the costumes or the fashion design on my women. As a former fashion illustrator/graphic designer for the Austin American Statesman, the huge move to computer generated images in the late 80’s meant I wouldn’t be drawing or illustrating as much, it left a void, as I needed to be creating. Having always painted throughout my life, I decided to pick up my brushes again, but with more purpose. I began with local art festivals, picking up commissions, traveling to shows out of state. Before long, my work began to pay off and soon I had a following which grew and spread by word of mouth (women do talk). The Women and Wine series has grown beyond my imagination, there are 40+ images in the series. Kathy has always considered herself an illustrator, whether working on paper or canvas, and her work reflects that. The Women and Wine series often depicts women who are laughing and happy. Kathy said, “As an artist, I am drawn to the dramatic, or emotionally provocative imagery, so I think I was trying to capture the emotion of the moment. We cherish our friendships, so the nature of that is pretty relatable to most women and obviously had broad appeal.” Read their story