The Portals series started to take shape in late 2025 and features larger-scale works investigating how memories shift and change over time. Most of the works in this series are inspired by early childhood memories. In her youth, Katie spent most of her free time playing in the woods or creeks, which has inspired the natural components often seen in this series.

The Tole series is inspired by the French term "tole peinte de lac" which means painted tin. Tole painting is a folk art that took root in American in the 1800's; it is the process of decoratively painting tin objects, or other items such as trays or milk cans. Typically featuring floral or landscape elements, I wanted my series of works to create a juxtaposition between the object (i.e. saw blade) and the dynamic style of painting.

The Murmation series is inspired by the phenomenon of murmations: a large “cloud” of starlings that move in sync, pulsing and twisting in unison, as if some larger energy directs them. Without a universal understanding as to why this phenomenon occurs, I started to consider the relationship between a murmation and Gestalt psychology, which essentially states that the whole is greater than the individual parts that create a “form”. Similar to starlings, human patterns often mimic a murmation, sometimes having a positive influence, and sometimes being detrimental.