Hi, I'm Kate.
I’m an artist who celebrates that devil in the details. From a single picture to an entire brand identity, I am passionate about bringing ideas to life in a beautiful way.
When I’m not designing, I’m enjoying time with my family (husband, son, and cats), cooking, sewing, amateur theater, enjoying the outdoors in beautiful Minneapolis and greater Minnesota, or geeking out on Sci-fi.
I live and create in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Skills
- Illustration, traditional and digital
- Graphic Design
- Digital Assets
- Photo retouching and manipulation
- Logo Design
- Social Graphics
- WordPress Design
Tools
- Adobe CC, including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Lightroom.
- WordPress
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Suite of Products
Experience
- 15+ years freelance design with lots of awesome people.
- 15 years designing with Adobe products
- Mpls Community Education teacher for art, STEM, and theater
Education
- Beaver College (now Arcadia University), Glenside PA - Fine Art & Scientific Illustration
- California Institute of the Arts (through Coursera) - Graphic Design
- Bring Your Own Laptop with Daniel Walter Scott - Adobe certifications
- Real World Experience - all the above
Kate did beautiful work in the conception, design, and execution of a promotional postcard for my project. She took an abstract idea that I had, and made it even better than I had imagined it. In the photography, photoshop design work, and final product she exceeded my expectations. Kate has the perfect mix of creativity and professionalism, delivering exceptional work in a timely fashion. Highly recommended!
Kate did all the artwork and graphic design for my piano studio for over 4 years.
Her artwork and layouts really gave my piano studio a professional look for the most public facing event of the year – the spring recital! Each year she came up with a fresh theme with new, beautiful artwork for the posters and programs. If I hadn’t closed my piano studio to begin grad school, I would still be commissioning artwork from her.
"This one makes me want to just breathe the whole thing in."
"I really love this one. Your imagination and ability to make it art is just amazing!"
"So intricate & beautiful!"
"They are so beautiful! You have great talent 🙂 I think this one is my favorite so far - reminds me of stars and moons."
The perfect balance of detail and simplicity!
"Kate is very good with layout, graphic design and especially hand-drawing images by various means, ancient and modern. She is also good at implementing them, in files, on paper, on websites, and more. For me, she has created my logo, my silkscreen image files, my business cards, and my website."
