"African Queen" Playing Card Series Edition of 23 Linocut Print - Three color reduction process 11" x 6" $125"
"Shellaphone" Edition of 25 Handcolored Linocut Print 18" x 11" $200	"The Induction of Oceanid" Handcolored Linocut Print 12" x 8"

Kathleen Daywalt

Artist Kathleen Daywalt is a printmaker, a photographer, a watercolorist, a maker of collages – these wide and varied creative talents have attracted long-term collectors. Daywalt has shown her work at Benfield Gallery since its opening in 1983.  Over the years, the gallery has been the significant beneficiary of her experimental creative instincts. 

 A Maryland artist, Kathy is best known for her sculptural paintings, bold low-relief gold and silver leaf collages. Her unique method was developed over several years beginning with watercolors that evolved into collages, further developing into even more 3-dimensional works, reflecting Daywalt’s compositional and design strengths. 

 “Artists are curious by nature” Daywalt  espouses,  “When I am faced with a new kind of
image, I naturally want to figure out how it is done, then I want to bring my inner self into the process.”

 A recent venture into photography and polaroid transfers was entered through the ‘back door.’  “I really don’t know much about the mechanics of cameras or the chemistry of the developing process but I do know when I see a beautiful design through a view finder.”

 Kathleen Daywalt’s linocut and woodblock series are creative flowing designs, often whimsical, with a tickling sense of humor.  Her titles usually are messages of simple fun, or reveal a serious life revelation or  link yesterday’s cultural icons to today’s high tech, fast-paced culture.

 Kathleen Daywalt  exhibits her work in numerous fine art galleries and juried exhibitions.  Her work is in private and corporate collections locally and nationally.