November 12 – 30, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 15, 1 – 6 pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, November 30, 3 pm
I’ve lived in many parts of Canada and the US as well as in Peru, the Philippines and Mexico, teaching art in schools and universities as well as
pursuing my own studio work.
Much of my work depicts the natural world, and for close to 15 years, I have worked mainly in reductive woodcuts, linocuts and monoprints made from used plates. I began as a painter, but I have found my perfect medium with these techniques. The measured steps it takes to work in reduction relief allow me the time to consider line, shape and colour interactions. There is also the tension of, after making a cut, there’s no going back.
In this series, Nothing But Blue Skies, I maintain that while skies may not always be blue and clear, we see the same things when we look up.
In these prints, I explore the colours of sky, land, and water. Most of these prints depict Rabbit Lake, in Northern Ontario, where my family has a cabin.
The area has been a touchstone for my work in the past. There are also a couple of nods to my love of Seattle in prints of boats moored at the Center
for Wooden Boats.
I am a member of Shift Gallery (Seattle) and Propeller Art Gallery (Toronto). You can view more of my work on my website www.kleeatlin.com, and on
Instagram @kleeatlin.
I am originally from the Toronto area, where I studied at the Ontario College of Art. I’ve lived in many parts of Canada and the US as well as in Peru, the Philippines and Mexico, teaching art in schools and universities as well as pursuing my own studio work. I am currently based in Toronto and teach at Open Studio and in my private studio located in Cabbagetown.
