We recently connected with Katrina Gorman and have shared our conversation below.

Katrina , appreciate you joining us today. Has your work ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized?

It’s such an amazing thing to be able to create freely as an artist. Since I enjoy working in several mediums, I let people know I’m a multi-medium artist. There are some criticisms by some saying ‘well you’re just all over the place.’

I believe original art has an original thought. Each piece does have it’s own story and how it comes to be is its own. And the appreciator that resignates with that one original is who it’s meant for so they don’t all have to be done the same way. Art is meant to be what is seen through the artists eyes to report to the world.

People who appreciate what I create see my signature and follow my work to know my style so they understand who made it.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

From an early age, art has been apart of my life. Either from being fixated on a painting that sat in the same spot ever time I visited my Grandma’s house in Indiana to being on the floor watching my Mom sew when I was young. Looking back from then to now, those were important moments that inspired me along the way to be an artist.

When I think of art and how it comes to be, I believe what I express are thoughtful moments giving the viewer a sense of a peaceful moment in time where joy lives. People tell me it has much motion and inspires emotion of a time they had too.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Being on this art journey for over 20 years, I’ve experienced much about resilience. When I first moved here to San Antonio, I would find every weekend market I could to share my works.

Many times over, I would set up for the day or weekend and I didn’t sell a thing. Other times at an outdoor show, it would rain or wind would destroy framed works I’ve had or the tent.

For several years, this was the story. Each event I went to was costly in many ways and often times my spirit was bruised leaving me going home in tears.

Then, after leaving this one event, without selling anything, I noticed I wasn’t crying in my truck after I left. My muscles weren’t as aching from setting up and tearing down as t had been. It was the beginning of the realization this wasn’t a hobby or a passing fancy. Oh this is what I really wanted to do by creating what came out and sharing my works.

So I started getting into other shows that was more of a fit for what I created and started to bring home less art which really encouraged me.

By building that part of myself, to start having a thicker skin was what I needed at the time when I didn’t know that’s what was going on. It was all apart of the journey.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

In my view, the best way to support an artist is to be involved with those whose work speaks to you and engage with what they do.

It can be on social media by sharing posts or leaving a heart with encouragement or bringing a new piece into your home where you talk to friends and family about it.

In this day and age with all the technology we have, I believe it still comes to people talking to people about their experiences.

It takes all of us to bring art into the world, the creative and the appreciator.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.katrinagormandesigns.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/katrinagormandesigns
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/KatrinaGormanDesigns
• Other: Tik Tok @katrinag