About This Item:

• Oil on Panel

• 20” L x 1” W x 16”H

Invasion is an oil painting on panel and was completed in 2016. The artist’s signature is on the back of the panel. This painting is part of Richards’ Sea Themed series, and focuses on the colors and textures of underwater life.

Katy Richards creates oil paintings that are concerned with the materiality of paint as well as the physicality of the human body. She is also inspired by underwater and sea life, and paints from experiences as well as reference photography. Her work is in the Progressive Art Collection, and many other private and public collections. Richards teaches painting and drawing at Kent State University and received a BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.