Artist's Bios

Meet the Artist...

Kathy Morris Bio

​I am a lifetime resident of the Jacksonville and surrounding areas. I currently live in Green Cove Springs.  I first started painting over 40 years ago and like many others was greatly inspired by Bob Ross.  I was always amazed at the beautiful paintings he could create in just 30 minutes.  

He inspired me to pick up a bush and give it a try.  I followed as many of his tutorials as I could and eventually enrolled in a community oil painting class.  There I learned new skills and my painting began to improve, but then life happened. I had 2 daughters and open oil paints, and thinners just didn’t work with two small kids running around.  So, I put the paints away and told myself one day I would get back to it.  As life went on, I was never able to find the time.  But I told myself more times that I can count, “once I retire, I’m going to start painting again” …. Well, here I am more than 35 years later living that dream!  When I started back, I naturally started with oils as it was all I knew.  I watched some YouTube tutorials and attended some in-person workshops and classes.  I also enrolled in a fantastic online pet portrait course where I learned not only how to paint pets but so many new techniques that I use today in all types of paintings!  I have now been focusing on using acrylics for no other reason than the clean-up is much easier. I have yet to find “my thing” and instead, paint a very wide range of subject matter.  I paint land and seascapes, animals, buildings, florals….  I just haven’t decided yet what I like best.  Varity is the spice of life!

A sample of Kathy's Work
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