KATY ZAPPALÀ
GREW UP IN BOSTON, DOODLING WITH CARTOONS A BIT. SHE ATTENDED WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND TO STUDY BOTANY AND TOOK ONE LIFE DRAWING CLASS.
AFTER SETTLING IN SANTA BARBARA IN 1976, KATY WORKED AT UCSB IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AS A BUYER OF EVERYTHING FROM FROGS TO CENTRIFUGES. UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 2001, CERAMICS, SPINNING, WEAVING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY KEPT HER CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING.
ON A WHIM IN 2003 SHE TOOK CATHY QUIEL’S BEGINNING WATERCOLOR CLASS AT SBCC ADULT ED. SHE HAS CONTINUED TAKING CLASSES IN PEN & INK WITH WATERCOLOR WITH TOM HENDERSON AND LIFE DRAWING AND PORTRAIT WITH VALORI FUSSELL. THANKS TO ADULT ED’S AMAZING TEACHERS, KATY DISCOVERED A NEW WORLD AND PASSION.
IN THE SPRING OF 2010, KATY STARTED TAKING OIL PAINTING CLASSES WITH JOHN IWERKS
Workshops:
2006, July: Tom Henderson Watercolor Workshop, Morro Bay, CA
2007, June: Tom Henderson Watercolor Workshop, Carmel and Monterey Peninsulas, CA
2008, June: Tom Henderson Watercolor Workshop, Cambria, CA
Selected Shows:
2008, May-June “Views and Visions: The Shoe”, annual juried countywide show at Westmont College, Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA. Entered “My Grandfather’s Baby Shoes”.
2009, May-June: “ Views and Visions: Interior Space”, annual juried countywide show at Westmont College, Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA. Entered “Restaurant Roy”.
December: GVAA “Picasso for Peanuts” show. “Christmas at Mi Fiesta Market & Grill” picked for show postcard.
2010, Jan :GVAA Juror’s award for “La Criada Corta Las Rosas”, Gallery 113 show of Market Place watercolors.
April: Marketplace W/Cs selected for Mayor’s office.
2013, February- Gallery 113 show of oil paintings
Memberships:
2006, June: Goleta Valley Art Association
2009, September: Santa Barbara Art Association
GREW UP IN BOSTON, DOODLING WITH CARTOONS A BIT. SHE ATTENDED WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND TO STUDY BOTANY AND TOOK ONE LIFE DRAWING CLASS.
AFTER SETTLING IN SANTA BARBARA IN 1976, KATY WORKED AT UCSB IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AS A BUYER OF EVERYTHING FROM FROGS TO CENTRIFUGES. UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 2001, CERAMICS, SPINNING, WEAVING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY KEPT HER CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING.
ON A WHIM IN 2003 SHE TOOK CATHY QUIEL’S BEGINNING WATERCOLOR CLASS AT SBCC ADULT ED. SHE HAS CONTINUED TAKING CLASSES IN PEN & INK WITH WATERCOLOR WITH TOM HENDERSON AND LIFE DRAWING AND PORTRAIT WITH VALORI FUSSELL. THANKS TO ADULT ED’S AMAZING TEACHERS, KATY DISCOVERED A NEW WORLD AND PASSION.
IN THE SPRING OF 2010, KATY STARTED TAKING OIL PAINTING CLASSES WITH JOHN IWERKS
Workshops:
2006, July: Tom Henderson Watercolor Workshop, Morro Bay, CA
2007, June: Tom Henderson Watercolor Workshop, Carmel and Monterey Peninsulas, CA
2008, June: Tom Henderson Watercolor Workshop, Cambria, CA
Selected Shows:
2008, May-June “Views and Visions: The Shoe”, annual juried countywide show at Westmont College, Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA. Entered “My Grandfather’s Baby Shoes”.
2009, May-June: “ Views and Visions: Interior Space”, annual juried countywide show at Westmont College, Reynolds Gallery, Montecito, CA. Entered “Restaurant Roy”.
December: GVAA “Picasso for Peanuts” show. “Christmas at Mi Fiesta Market & Grill” picked for show postcard.
2010, Jan :GVAA Juror’s award for “La Criada Corta Las Rosas”, Gallery 113 show of Market Place watercolors.
April: Marketplace W/Cs selected for Mayor’s office.
2013, February- Gallery 113 show of oil paintings
Memberships:
2006, June: Goleta Valley Art Association
2009, September: Santa Barbara Art Association
