Artist’s statement
Caricatures often conjure up images of distorted faces, quick sketches or lampoons from MAD magazine.
As a professional caricaturist with a fine art emphasis, my work is unlike any of these preconceived notions.
I seek to find a balance in my work between humor and finding an actual likeness, and I try to capture something of the personality of the models in my work.
My body of work spans nearly a quarter of a century and I continue to work to create whimsical and recognizable caricatures from popular culture in both drawing and painting.
My mentors included caricaturists Buddy Rose and Ben Burgraff, and my artistic influences include Al Hirschfeld, Quentin Blake, Shel Silverstein, Roz Chast, Norman Rockwell, Vincent Van Gogh and even Leonardo Da Vinci, who was likely the first well-known caricaturist.
My philosophy is that caricature can also be fine art, and that is my goal, along with my colleagues; to legitimize caricature as an art form.
Thank you for reading.
More artwork by Kathy
Buskett Family Caricature
Magic the dragon
Forrest Gump Caricature
The Little Mermaid
Star Trek illustration
Joe banks
Hello Dolly
The Princess Bride caricature
Robin Williams as Peter pan
Spider men
The juggler
Making faces
Fox Theater
Fort Morgan Ruins
Sissy and me
Matty
Gracie
Chihuly glass
Red rock
Streams in the desert
Battlestations
Caricature of kid with funny hair
Spider Gwen
Titlist
Wedding caricature
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