“Skywatcher in Placitas”
Featured Artist Katherine Irish
Concerts and Art Exhibits at
Las Placitas Presbyterian Church
Highway 165, Placitas NM
Directions
2 pm - Visual Artists Reception
3 pm - Concert
Please check individual concert details
as dates and times may be subject to
change
Katherine Irish knew she was an artist from an early age. She attended DePauw
University, Tyler School of Art in Rome and an internship with Willard Midgette in
New York as an undergraduate. She studied art in New York. Her desire to pursue
a career in art led her to New Mexico. Previously painting in oil, she began to work
seriously in pastel in 2002 and has studied with Albert Handell. Katherine is an
award-winning artist who exhibits in juried and invitational exhibits nationally.
As the featured artist for the 2022-2023 season, Katherine’s work entitled, “Sky-
watcher in Placitas”, graces each page of this season’s website, and is the featured
cover for the annual program book.
Katherine has graciously donated a stunning pastel entitled, “Morning Twirl”,
shown below, for the annual art raffle to benefit the PAS General Fund. This beau-
tiful art work is valued at $1900, and truly evokes our stunning Placitas skies at
sunrise and sunset.
Katherine says about her work: “I have made a conscious decision to contribute
beauty to the world through my art. I find camaraderie with landscape artists who
work to reflect the beauty of nature despite a backdrop of world crisis.”
