Hello :),
***welcome to my website***
Thank you for taking the time to view my drawings and paintings,
i hope you enjoy my art as much i enjoy creating it :)
A few basic facts about myself and my art....
My name is Katerina Koukiotis and I'm a traditional professional illustrator from N.Y ,
I come from a Greek background, I was raised and live
in Queens N.Y
As common as it may sound from artists I did start drawing from a young age,mostly faces and portraits of my favorite subjects
I'm self taught I never received any formal art of training.
My art of style is realism, I love drawing painting fantasy ,portraiture,gothic,religious,romance imagery,I love fantasy art because it's fun and magical and portrait art because I like capturing peoples expressions and emotions.
Sometimes I decsribe my art all over the place because there are so many different theme and subjects
i enjoy drawing and painting.
My primary art mediums are graphite (pencil) which i love,colorpencils,watercolors & acrylics.
I draw and create from reference and Imagination.
A few years ago i decided to pursue my art career professionaly
and I'm so happy that I did.
Since then a lot of good and positive things happened artwise for me
that I'm very proud of.
I had my artwork commissioned,sold,licensed and published,
below you can read some of my art awards and publications.
I believe God gives us all a special talent and giftand it's up to us
how we take care of those special talentseither be the ability to
teach,draw,sing,dance whatever God has given us he has also
provided us the will,patience and wisdom to do them well. I thank
God for the heavenly gift of art he has blessed me with.
I receive a lot of questions from student artists asking for advice
how to improve their art etc...
the main thing i always tell them
is to believe in themselves and practice as much as they can,
If you have a passion and love for something be devoted,work hard
and go after it.
It's never too late to go after your dreams.
When i don't do art i like to do other things like watch movies, go
online,read,watch TV (mostly LOST, I'm addicted to that show)
, Listen to music, play games,scrapbooking,knitting,shopping(especially for art
materials),baking,gardening.
I'm a pretty simple quiet shy person I like to be around people
that make me feel comfortable that are down to earth,funny, that
love to laugh, and don't take everything so serious but most of all are
KIND.
I Hope you enjoyed looking at my art as much as I enjoy creating it.
I would like to thank all the people who supported me, bought,licensed
and commissioned my art, it means a lot to me.
If you like to commission me
for an artwork please read my Commissions page for more info.
Thank you for visiting my Art website, please come back as my
art galleries will be growing :) Always feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding my artworks at katerinaart@aol.com
Take care ~Katerina ~ :)
