Kathryn Polk Portfolio Box
Moving to Saturn, 2025, $3000
I have always kept a sketchbook, and over time it has become a safe place to process day to day experiences—much like a personal journal. Overtime in my sketchbooks I’ve invented a private language of symbols and imagined escapes that help me navigate some of the pressures of daily life.
I often imagine the idea of moving to Saturn when I feel overwhelmed by world events, politics, or personal struggles. I choose not to work from photographs or visual references; instead, I draw from memory because I like the imperfection or inaccuracies of my images.
The sketchbook becomes a place of fewer rules— embracing experimentation with color, materials, composition, and content.
After I learned the process of hand-printing stone lithographs, my sketches took on a new purpose. They are the foundation for my lithography, where my private world and imagination are printed and editioned as multiples.
Suite comes in handmade engraved clamshell box with museum gloves and artist statement.
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Untitled 1, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 12 x 16 inches unframed
Untitled 2, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 16 x 12 inches unframed
Untitled 3, 2024
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 16 x 12 inches unframed
Untitled 4, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 16 x 12 inches unframed
Untitled 5, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 16 x 12 inches unframed
Untitled 6, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 12 x 16 inches unframed
Untitled 7, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 16 x 12 inches unframed
Untitled 8, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 12 x 16 inches unframed
Untitled 9, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 16 x 12 inches unframed
Untitled 10, 2025
mixed media. watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, 16 x 12 inches unframed