Kathy LaFollett - Artist, Author, Naturalist

Luminous Art Inspired by the Natural World

Coastal edges, coral reefs, and nature's lights transformed into paintings, patterns, and story.

A vibrant painting of cool waters, wet stones, and koi rendered in Windsor & Newton acrylics on linen by Kathy LaFollett.

Process Possibilities

My paintings are built through deep glaze layering, an intuitive process that gives the surface a living, dimensional quality. Color pools shifting with your view. Over these layers, I often add signature touches of vibrant professional glitters, not as decoration but as part of the light itself. Small constellations that catch and reflect. It’s my way of reminding both myself and others that beauty lives in quiet sparks. Living near the beach, Tampa Bay, and on a canal the first impact of every morning is the sparkle of saltwater in the sky, and on the water's surfaces. You're invited for a Facebook visit, anytime. The.Kathy.LaFollett

Sketch of a content woman happily sewing near a door rendered in water graphites and micron ink pen paper by Kathy LaFollett.

A color dense painting of a coral reef with a clouded blue sky above rendered in gloss acrylics on linen by Kathy LaFollett.

The Here & Now

An active, life filled colorful coral reef of fish, octopus, and jelly fish wall mural by Kathy LaFollett.

A color dense hyper realistic painting of a G.K. Allum photo rendered in Liquitex acrylics on linen by Kathy LaFollett..

A hot summer's day of zinnia, fan-pedal, and creeping phlox flowers in Windsor & Newton acrylics on linen by Kathy LaFollett.

My process begins in stillness with sketchbook or iPad, listening. Observing. I don’t chase an image. Images rise to the surface for me. The first line I draw is my invitation for the image to join me. My Insta is my invitation for you to join me.

Katherine Hepburn walking in character on set, rendered in water graphites on paper by Kathy LaFollett.

A pair of mated doves sitting in a dark open window rendered in water graphites and micron pen on paper by Kathy LaFollett.

Sketch of Katherine Hepburn on set rendered in water graphites on paper by Kathy LaFollett.

Process Presence

Whether canvas, wall mural, texture design for print, or essay, I follow the movement of light falling on form creating the shadows to work and the illumination to celebrate. You're invited to my Substack where stories behind my art live.

Soft lifelike cartoon render of Kathy LaFollett smiling for the photo.

I am an award-winning, published artist and writer blending nature, story, and fine art. The essence of my current coastal life, a midwest childhood life, a lifetime obsession with all the wild things, and that one cool running creek I could never stay out of as a little girl growing up in small town hemmed in cornfields are all the chemicals to my alchemy.