About the Artist & Author

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KATHLEEN GORMAN WERMUTH Full time mother, artist and published author... Born in Weymouth, MA. and grew up along the sea coastal town of Hull, my first public exhibit of my artwork came when I was just in the third grade. My colorful circus horses were painted across the wall of the Lillian M. Jacobs School. A self taught artist, and aspiring writer my subject matter always seemed to stem from my love of horses. An equestrian, now retired from the show circuit, my passion for horses followed me through twenty five years of sketching, painting and writing. My work has appeared in such publications as Dollhouse Miniatures, Northeast Equine Journal, and as well wrote a monthly horse column for a small magazine Animal Life. Until 2003, when I signed a contract with Publish America to publish my first book Stephanie's Story. Today I reside in the foothills of the beautiful Smokey Mountains, Maryville, Tennessee with my husband Steve and our daughter Stephanie. I continue to paint horses, country life and soon will begin my newest series of paintings depicting Visions of the Smokies. I am also writing several more books and childrens books.
Through the Prism... At some point or another, I was transformed through a spectrum of imaginary light. The Prism, as I think of it,is what created that side of me that makes me an obsessed human being at the sight of a horse. From within the blaring stereo, the food processor, or even a DC-10 flying overhead at rocket speeds, one can still hear the familiar clopping of metal horsesshoes against pavement. It isn't that we've acquired sonic abilities of some sort. It's that "Prism." Those who know it, who live in it, this world of horses, should know what I mean. They understand our obsession with horses. Across a canvas my eyes scope, it is blank and stark. But through the prism I see a horse, bold and beautiful, galloping beneath a ray of moonlight in a darkened sky. Glossy pages of Dressage Today and Horse Illustrated whittle away at my thoughts. I gaze at all the pretty horses, studying each and every structure of their conformation. How curved is the crest? What about the angle of the hock, and the fetlock? Is he engaged? I measure them up, so to speak, to guess the number of hands. I scrutinize every muscle an sector of that muscle. The eyes have it. They too are scrutinize. Their shading and the highlight of the eye as well. They too speak of the horse's thoughts. You look into their eyes, and they do speak to you. they convey the feeling. I go beyond the visual, and enter the perception of my prism. Understand and learn him, just as if we were under saddle. Imagine riding that horse. Reins in hand, galloping across a barren beach. Feeling your nerve endings tickle as you cross over that first oxer. Feeling the power of engagement, coming beneath your hands and extending off the slightest feel of your leg. Sweeping across a sand arena, and literally feeling that dressage horse dance beneath you. A canvas is painted over and over again, until I can feel what I want expressed across it. Horses are beatuiful, and noble, and magnificent and that all gathers up in me. I want to paint the world an array of sorrels, grays, and strawberry roans. I want to sculpt ordinary clay into magical creatures that perhaps may come to life. I want the visualist to not just envision that horse running across a windswept field, but to experience it too through paint or pencil, or whatever medium it may be. Study each breed's characteristics, their bone structur, length of legs, and even the build. their head, the nose, the ears, and yes, the eyes. Does that Morgan look like a Morgan? Or somewhat more like a Great Dane?
FUN FACTS ABOUT THE ARTIST & AUTHOR... "There are days I feel just like that spinning kitty..."Favorite Music: Country & Bluegrass Favorite Color: Pink Favorite Food: Tacos Favorite Pets: Horses & Rabbits Pets Own: Junior, an adorable black & white kitty. Everette, Pete and Daisy, three really cool ducks! Pet Peeves: People who violate Handicap Parking,and don't use their directionals. Enjoy Doing in Spare Time: I like to build bird houses out of popsicle sticks, and look for images of Elvis in cheese doodles. Just Kidding!! I love to read Civil War books, needlepoint, playing the fiddle, but I enjoy spending time with my family and coloring with my daughter.Thank you Lord for giving me such a precious child!