Kathryn Wiegers grew up in Maryland and has lived in Vermont with her husband and five children for the past 19 years. She studied Biology at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, and received her BA in Natural Sciences from Castleton University in Vermont. 

She is a self taught artist whose artwork and murals can be seen throughout Vermont.

This past summer, Kathryn was awarded the Vermont Art in the State Buildings and Vermont Arts Council Public Art commission for the new Department of Mental Health Recovery in Essex, VT. Some other recent works can be seen in Burlington, Vermont including the Children’s Floor of the University of Vermont’s Medical Center as well as the picturesque waterfront Hilton Hotel’s outdoor garden wall. Take a drive through downtown Rutland and be greeted by Batman punching out a brick wall or a rendition of “Girl with a Pearl Earring”.

Artist Statement

Painting murals is my passion. I grew up painting on walls in my home as a kid, and ever since, the sight of a primed white wall is something that I get very excited about. I paint simply for the love of paint and of the brush. The constant changes and challenges of bringing studies of nature and mankind to light is a part of my artwork that I look forward to. Obtaining a degree in Biology has also deepened this influence. I am inspired by all of the extraordinary art and especially murals that I have seen in different parts of France and Italy. I love and admire the works of Rubens, Delacroix, Tintoretto, and James Rosenquist, to say a few. 

I enjoy working with both acrylics and oil paints. I tend to use oils for the more dramatic paintings, because for me, oil paints are rich and full of character. Acrylics, however, bring out a bright intensity of color in the painting. I love the boldness in the acrylic color and it’s display on a painting, which are based on subjects in nature. Painting large is very important to me and something that I am always striving to do.

In my artwork, I try and display the world around us in a unique, and what I hope to be an intense way. All the beauty and details in life, from a single blade of grass to the deep wrinkles in a face constantly confront me. All of these things can speak volumes and yet are so often passed by. In painting these subjects in a large medium there is a great deal more brought to attention. This is what I love to do and continuously strive to do better.