A Series of Small Things

Acrylic on cardboard

gouache on watercolor paper

In the dream, David bought a packet of something like sea monkeys and threw them in an empty in-ground pool.  These huge, dangerous creatures grew and we had to hide the pets so the creatures wouldn't eat them.  This was one of the creatures.  Actually, it was longer than this, but I ran out of space on the paper.  acrylic on paper  

colored pencil, marker, glitter decoupage on paper

Acrylic on Canvas Board by Katherine Gotthardt

I doubt there's any such species, but who cares?  It's my bird!  Would make a good tile, I think. acrylic on canvas

My husband asked me to paint this for his birthday back in 2002.  I think it's acrylic.  It's on canvas.

The photo is a little dark, but this is the monster that brought about my book, Furbily-Furld Takes on the World .  Oil on canvas board by Katherine Gotthardt.

This little experiment with mythical creatures, angles and depth was kind of fun, though like all my work, it lacks accuracy.  Oil on canvas board circa 2003 by Katherine Gotthardt.

Fate of the Lesser-Known Plantapus No one has seen a Plantapus-- they went quickly extinct; however, we know political rhetoric and apathy destroyed them forever.     Mixed media on canvas board by Katherine Gotthardt, 2012

A fun acrylic on canvas board painting of blobs that turned into imaginary creatures. by Katherine Gotthardt, 2012