About the Artist
Katharine L Pruett
Kathy Pruett moved to Mount Airy, NC shortly after earning her degree in music education from Lenoir Rhyne University. She is currently working as organist and choir director at Grace Moravian Church.
For many years, Kathy has enjoyed arranging flowers for community events, special occasions and her church. Pulling blooms and greenery together for an arrangement somehow cultivated a desire to try painting them. She explored many mediums before settling on oils and pastels, and occasionally, acrylics. She paints on a regular basis in a studio in downtown Winston Salem, with four artists who provide encouragement and advice as she continues to refine her painting “voice.” For ongoing art instruction and inspiration, she has attended workshops taught by Morgan Samuel Price, Camille Przewodek, Egi Antonaccio, Kate Worm, Andy Braitman, Lisa Boardwine, Susan Ogilvie, Lyn Asselta, Tony Allan and Diana Sanford. She is a member of the Associated Artists of Winston Salem, the Piedmont Pastel Society and the North Carolina Pastel Society.
2025
YADKINVILLE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER JURIED ART SHOW
"Moody Blooms"
ON COMMON GROUND: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
NC Joint Pastel Societies State Juried Art Show
"Where Even the Stones Are Singing"
2024
PIEDMONT PASTEL SOCIETY: Members Only Online Show Show Chair
"Blooms and Boxes" and "Max and LuLu Catchin' Some Rays"
ON COMMON GROUND: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
NC Joint Pastel Societies State Juried Art Show
"Moody Blooms" and Award of Excellence for "Marsh Madness"
2023
ON COMMON GROUND: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
NC Joint Pastel Societies State Juried Art Show
"Where Sea and Sky Collide"
PIEDMONT PASTEL SOCIETY: Members Only Online Show Show Chair
"Bustin' Out the Blues"
2022
ON COMMON GROUND: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
NC Joint pastel Societies State Juried Art Show
Award of Exceptional Merit for "She Never Could Stay Inside the Lines"
PIEDMONT PASTEL SOCIETY JURIED SHOW, SEPTEMBER 2022
Honorable Mention for "High Noon at Dale's Barn"
2021
Honorable Mention for "Blue Marlin Mambo" in Dakota Arts 3rd Quarter Online Pastel Competition
10th Annual Yadkin Arts Council Juried Exhibition
"Plum Crazy"
ON COMMON GROUND: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
NC Joint pastel Societies State Juried Art Show
"Cherry Smash"
2020
100 IN 2020: MUSINGS ON WOMEN & VOTING RIGHTS, Juried Art Exhibition hosted by Salem College
"A New Day Dawning"
ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT 2020: Associated Artists of Winston Salem, Juried Group Exhibition featuring Acrylic Florals:
Gladys Didn't Know Her Slip was Showing, Beatrice Just Isn't One to Hold Back, She Never Says No to a Mai Tai, All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go, Vera is So Curvalicious and Carol Learned to Love Her Freckles
2019
ON COMMON GROUND: 2019 Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
NC Joint Pastel Societies State Juried Art Show
"Those Skinny Beeches Are Showing Off Again" and "They Always Get Tipsy When It Snows"
311 Art Gallery Juried Flower and Gardens Show, Raleigh NC
"Beatrice Was Never One to Hold Back" and "Vera is So Curvalicious"
2018
The COLOR RED Juried Art Show - "Food Fight at Nana's" and
Best in Show for "What's Black and White and Re(a)d All Over?
Tipping Paint Gallery, Raleigh NC
ON COMMON GROUND: 2018 Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
NC Joint Pastel Societies State Juried Art Show - Award of Merit for "Down in the Valley"
2017
Tony Snow Juried Art Show - "Hurry Up Spring! and "Runner-up: Miss Ewe-niverse"
Welborn Gallery, Yadkinville Cultural Arts Center
2016
The Art of Native Plants Exhibition - "Tree Coral"
Juried Art Show hosted by the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum
Eye of the Artist - "Confetti Spring" and " Creekside Tangle"
Juried Art Show, Yadkinville Cultural Arts Center
"Interpretations" by Kathy Pruett and Joan Fleischman
Joint art show September - October of 2016 in the Welborn Gallery at Yadkin Arts Council
