Hera Gallery

#FoodforThoughtCreativeQuarantine From Hera Artist Kathie Florsheim... I have been roaming around my house and studio more than usual, I'm not usually here all day for days on end. In running up and down the stairs, I felt the warmth of sunlight cross my body as I passed the windows. Such a welcome presence. I have been sitting in the light, reading, and following it as it moves throughout the day.  Chasing light for a photographer is nothing new. Doing so in a pandemic, while confined, is a whole new level of intensity and wonder, in spite of circumstances. Being able to escape into something familiar, even for a brief period of time, is ... I can’t find words for this. I made some bad pictures and a few good ones as I watched the light, an old and trusted friend, dance through my kitchen. 

 #MeetHeraartistKathieFlorsheim Tell us your artist story, some biographical info, when did you decide to be an artist? Why do you make art? Where did you study? Etc. I am not sure I decided to be an artist. The decision crept up on me when I was an undergrad, taking design, photography and sculpture classes. I thought those classes were gut courses, a respite from all the reading required of a history major. Little did I know…. Soon I was spending all my spare time in the bronze-casting studio on the heels of taking a year of design classes. By the time I graduated, I was hooked and itching to make things- not to delve farther into modern European history.  Nonetheless my undergraduate education taught me how to ask a question, and how to look for the answer. That has been essential in my studio practice. The pleasure of Making is the most exciting thing I can think of doing, in this or any other lifetime. Whenever I daydream about other professions, like ...