When Dr. Katharine K. Owens began a career transition from Counseling Psychologist to visual artist, she thought she was moving from one world into another, leaving psychology far behind her. She soon discovered many medical professionals working as visual artists, recognizing that work with patients is as much an art as science and artistic talent can be expressed through paint and color as well as medicine when the time is right.

Now fully retired and immersed in an 18 year art career, Katharine is joyously  creating in her studio everyday.  She began her art career by creating 3 dimensional paper constructions, mostly depicting doors, windows and buildings, framed in shadow boxes.  Recently she has moved into impressionistic, abstract painting, using  acrylic paint on wrapped museum quality canvas.

Over 3 years and early in her career she participated in 2 ten week long art exhibitions in Scottsdale, AZ. Celebration of Fine Art and Art Expo are 10 week (January-March) experiences where artists have their own booth for showcasing completed art for sale and also to create so art lovers who come from all over the world, are able to observe the artist at work, visit with the artist and creating both art and personal relationships lasting from year to year.  Both shows are housed in the “big white tents” encompassing 40,000 sq. ft and 100 artists, in the heart of Scottsdale. Artists work 7 days a week for those 10 weeks.She is an internationally sold artist.  

Katharine has exhibited her work at Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, Baltimore-Washington Airport, Anne Arundel County Executive Building, Annapolis, MD ,Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, Back Door Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA, Uptown Gallery, Richmond, VA, Cezanne Jewelry, Annapolis, MD.  Additionally she has exhibited at Space Coast, and West Palm Beach, FL, Savannah, GA, Charlottesville, VA, Rockville, MD and others.

For over 10 years Katharine has been represented by Zenith Gallery, District of Columbia.  She is an active member of Fredericksburg Creative Council for the Arts, Maryland Federation of the Art and is one of two artists conducting artist critiques  at FCCA.