Katrina Morrison

Katrina Morrison graduated from Bradley University in 1993 with a BFA studying printmaking, painting and drawing. She formed Aledo Art Guild in 2000, teaching art classes. In 2002 and 2003, she was an Artist for Metro Arts for the Quad City Arts. Recent accolades include Honorable Mention award at the Buchanan Art Center for her Monoprint “Her Flowers” Art from the HeARTland exhibition; Newcomer Award for the painting “Lost in the Garden” at the Galesburg Community Arts Center Members and Friends 2024 Juried Art Exhibition; “Mother”, a linocut, was included in the 64Arts National Juried Exhibition at the Buchanan Art Center in 2024; a linocut “Mother Earth” was in the 39th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition in 2025; a painting “Tenuta di Sticciano” received first place in the Hot Ciao XII members show for the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria; two paintings on paper “Florence Italy” and “Chianti Region in Tuscany “ were chosen for the 64Arts National Exhibition at the Buchanan Art Center, in which the painting “Chianti Region in Tuscany” won first place for Works on Paper. Her upcoming solo exhibition Politics of Intention will be at Carl Sandburg College Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery, October 2026. She has a studio art gallery called Garden Thyme in Bishop Hill where she sells her artwork and teaches art and garden classes.

Artist statement

I am inspired by nature and the divine feminine. I work in both printmaking and mixed media painting. Using black and white Linocuts to tell an ongoing story of different stages of my life and my relationship to Mother Earth. I use symbols, spirals and flowers to introduce other important females/Goddesses.

In my mixed media paintings, I draw and paint layers of texture and color to create memories of where I travel and what I experience. I use a mix of dry drawing mediums, thin glazes, thick layers of acrylic paint and details in oil sticks. I finish with a luminous natural cold wax varnish. Much of this series is a visual documentation my 2025 trip to Italy. Dealing with the death of my parents, I went to Italy finding freedom to create artwork that I love.