About Kat

Name: Kat Peters-Midland
Location:Colorado

As a mosaic artist, I am inspired by nature, dreams, textiles, and my love of gardening. For me, the ancient art of mosaic is about interpreting fragmented images of an experience, to make a new whole and give it tactile form. As a painter creates an image with one brushstroke at a time, I “paint” in glass, stone, metal, china, shells, and any other material that lends itself to the piece. Each piece is individually prepared and some include pieces of handcrafted fine silver (.99 silver) fused glass pieces, and embossed metal. I use color, texture, contrast, light and reflection in many pieces to create a particular mood, as well as flow and movement.

Much of my work is on recycled items. I enjoy transforming ordinary and old, discarded objects into works of meaning and beauty. I currently do commission work to facilitate my customers’ expression of their unique personality and style in their home, office and garden. I have many pieces in private collections.


Bio:
I was born in Des Moines, Iowa and moved around for most of my life. I have fond memories of going to art galleries and garage sales, looking for art and art supplies with my grandmother, who was a painter and jeweler. I also traveled to visit grottos with my friends and family as much as I could. I took many art classes throughout my life and I experimented with clay, photography, jewelry, sculpture, watercolor and acrylic paint. I discovered mosaic art about 5 years ago and have been mosaicing about anything.