Kathleen Maling's portfolio

Work samples

Cruising

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 30"x 15"
Fierce

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x22"
Under the Water

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x30"
Komodo dragon

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"

About Kathleen

I am a watercolor artist who recently moved to Havre de Grace after spending most of my life in Florida. I love the fluid and translucent properties of watercolor and always look forward to putting down that first wash on fresh paper. While in Florida I became enamored and maybe a bit obsessed with painting alligators. Every time I would see one, I would notice the beautiful ways that the sun would light up their scales and I must have taken hundreds of photos of them. After going through… more

Alligators

My favorite subject matter. Some people may not see the beauty in these creatures, but I have always been fascinated with them.

Eye of a Gator

Watercolor on cold pressed paper--22"x 30"
Soaking up the Sun

Watercolor on cold pressed paper--22"x 30"
Colorful Character

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 24"
Monster

Watercolor on cold pressed paper22"x 24"
Swamp Dragon

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"
Climbing Over

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"
Lurking

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"
Blue Gator

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 30"x 19"
Water Gator

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"
Fly By

Watercolor on cold pressed paper--22"x 22"

Birds

ostrich

My son and I went to one of those wildlife safaris where you drive through and the animals come right up to your car. This guy was mean!! He actually started attacking our car, but I managed to get some good photos of him. Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"
Baby bird

A friend found this baby bird on the side of the street, and I thought it was adorable. Watercolor on cold pressed paper 12"x 12"
Blue Heron

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x30" I was lucky enough to get a photo of this bird and her nest and couldn't wait to paint it.
Egret

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x30"
Lynn's Chicken

Watercolor on cold pressed paper

Carnival Museum

Last Spring I went to France and found a wonderful carnival museum. I'm currently still working on this series from photos that I took.

Carnival Horse

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"
Carnival statue

Komodo dragons

Komodo dragon

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x30" Painting this guy was challenging and exciting for me. I think that when you are excited by a piece that you're working on---the time flys by too quickly.
Dragon 3

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"
Dragon 4

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30"

People

red solo cup

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x 30" I got some great photos at a Renaissance Festival, combined a couple of them for this painting and it was a fun piece to work on.
Jean Marie

Watercolor on cold pressed paper 22"x30" Another really fun painting to do after a day of kayaking and I really enjoyed the reflections in the photo that I took that day.