Katie’s Story
from then to now
Katie J. Liddiard was born in Northern Utah in 1984. From a young age she proved time and again her love for drawing and painting and knew that she wanted to be an artist when she grew up- envisioning her work on gallery and museum walls.
After graduating Viewmont High School in 2003, she attended Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. She had every intention of continuing on through the college system until she was exposed to some of the art academies around the world that taught traditional curriculum for developing artists. Katie was fascinated that she could learn how to draw and paint like the great masters of the past that she admired.
In 2006, Katie was off to Florence, Italy to study at the Florence Academy of Art (FAA). There she was adopted into a world she had dreamed of growing up, where every student had the same goal as she did- to be the best artist they could possibly be- and she knew that she had found her community. However, financial constraints prevented her from finishing her studies at the FAA, and she was forced to head back home to Utah. Fortunately, she connected with Ryan S. Brown who had opened the Masters Academy of Art in Provo, Utah in 2008.
Katie studied at the Masters Academy for five years, graduating in 2014. She then aided Ryan as the school’s Assistant Director until, in 2018, she left to focus on her work.
She now lives and works out of her home studio in Spanish Fork with her husband and two children.
philosophy
Flora and fauna have had a huge impact on Katie’s development as an artist and, as such, is a central theme throughout her work. She enjoys painting the fruits of the season and often goes foraging in her environment for her next subjects. She adores studying small, seemingly insignificant scenes alongside her larger, more composed pieces as she strives to search for the divine through the everyday, the transcendent in the ordinary.
“Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.”
Katie relishes moments of peace and quiet in her daily life which has extended to her paintings. Creating pleasing color and design harmonies from her subject is one of Katie’s favorite things to explore in her work. She is constantly referring to great masters such as Emile Friant, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Rembrandt van Rijn, Emil Carlsen, and many, many more for inspiration and guidance.
awards
2021
Third Place, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Small Works Exhibition
Bronze Medal Award, Associate/Signature Division, Oil Painters of America National Exhibition
2020
Third Place, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Fall International Online Exhibition
First Place, BoldBrush Painting Competition, September
Award of Merit, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Small Works Exhibition
2019
Emerging Artist Finalist, Art Muse Contest, September
Silver Medal Award, Associate/Signature Division, Oil Painters of America National Exhibition
2018
Emerging Artist Finalist, Art Muse Contest, December
Emerging Artist Winner, Art Muse Contest, February
2015
Hudson River Fellowship Attendee, Jackson, NH, US
John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship
2014
Hudson River Fellowship Attendee, Jackson, NH, US
2013
Painting of the Year, Masters Academy of Art
Alpine Fellowship Attendee, Lavey Village, Switzerland
2012
Art Renewal Center Annual Scholarship Competition, Third Place
2011
Art Renewal Center Annual Scholarship Competition, Third Place
shows/ exhibitions
2021
Five and Under Group Exhibition, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY, US
Oil Painters of America Salon Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA, US
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Small Works Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC, US
Oil Painters of America 30th Annual National Juried Exhibition, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA, US
2020
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Fall 2020 International Online Exhibition
Plein Air Exhibit, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY, US
Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, Illume Gallery, St. George, UT, US
Oil Painters of America Virtual Salon Exhibition of Traditional Oils
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Spring International Online Exhibition
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Small Works Exhibition, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD, US
2019
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Exhibition, Montgomery Lee Gallery, Park City, UT, US
Oil Painters of America 28th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Illume Gallery, St. George, UT, US
2018
Certain Women, Anthony's Antiques, Salt Lake City, UT, US
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT, US
2017
Changing Seasons from Winter to Spring, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, US
2016
Zion Art Society Show, Anthony's Antiques, Salt Lake City, UT, US
2014
Small Works 2014, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, US
A Treasure Trove of Real Art, Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN, US
Celebrating the Portrait as Timeless Art, Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN, US
2013
A Treasure Trove of Small Things, Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN, US
Women Painting Women: A Room of One's Own, Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN, US
Celebrating Form: Figurative Art and Sculpture, Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN, US
Spring Still Life Invitational, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, US
Ordinary Objects: Extraordinary Still Lifes, Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN, US
Celebrating Form: Figurative Art and Sculpture, Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN, US
2012
Annual Brigham Young University Faculty Show, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, US
2011
Affordable Works Show, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, US
Third Annual Drawing Event, Marshall-LeKae Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, US
Student and Faculty Fund-raising Show, Center for Academic Study and Naturalist Painting,
Springville, UT, US
Decade SCVA Alumni Exhibition, Snow College Art Gallery, Ephriam, UT, US
2010
CAS First Anniversary Show, Coleman Studios, Provo, UT, US
publications
American Art Collector Magazine, March 2020
Southwest Art Magazine, December 2019