Kit is an award-winning artist with over 30 years of experience who has developed her own unique contemporary, representational and abstract painting styles using a palette knife and brushes. She is a self-taught artist whose painting technique and style evolved by studying a variety of artists spanning the globe; from the Impressionists to the Abstract Expressionists, all who inspire new ideas and ways of approaching painting. Her paintings are colorful canvases filled with elements of light, shape and texture depicting her most cherished subjects including florals and landscapes.
“Painting is my form of self-expression where I have found that creating is not about changing oneself, but it is about meeting yourself.” ~Kit Hevron Mahoney
“My desire is to awaken something within and speak the spirit and energy that inspired me during the creation process. As an artist my work is ever evolving. It is a continual process of reinventing myself in this ever-changing world, which continually exposes us to numerous new ideas and possibilities. All of my work is a joyous and challenging expression, as it requires the painting to come from within.”
Kit Hevron Mahoney uses her experience as a fine artist and graphic designer to create imagery of an interpretive nature.
“As an observer of Nature, my inspiration comes from the endless and infinite variety that she provides. It challenges me to interpret and express on canvas the glorious beauty that is found all over this world.”
Some of her best work hangs in notable private and corporate collections, has been presented nationally in solo and group exhibitions and has received numerous awards from national juried shows. Kit has generously passed on her extraordinary skills, experience and love of art by mentoring and teaching students design and drawing at the Art Institute of Colorado for 15 years.
SHOWS/AWARDS:
- Best Impressionist Painting Award by judge Tom Tierny, publisher Art of the West magazine in the 21st Annual NOAPS Society “Best of America” Exhibit for 2011
- Award of Merit by judge Steve Doherty in the 20th Annual NOAPS Society “Best of America” Exhibit for 2010
- The Painted Violin – Invitational Fund Raiser for the Denver Young Artists Orchestra 2009
- 5th Biennial “Artists for Open Space Invitational for Montana Land Reliance-BigFork, MT
- Best of Show 2006 Evergreen Paint, Shoot and Sculpt-Evergreen Fine Arts Council
- National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society Exhibit 2001-Gustafson Art & Education Fund
- “Best use of light and color”; Wild Poppies
- Finalist Winner/Landscape Category – The Artist Magazine’s 2001 Annual Art Competition Commemorative Poster Artist – Rocky Mountain PBS 2000 Art Auction
- Colorado Governor’s Art Show Invitational 2000-2013
NOTABLE INSTALLATIONS & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
- Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN
- Broadmoor Hotel-Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Saint Joseph Hospital – Denver, CO
- Kaiser Permanente Offices, Denver and Lonetree, CO
- Eye Care Associates – Fort Collins, CO
- Eyes of the World – Denver, CO
- RBC Dain Rauscher offices – Fort Collins, CO
- Children’s Hospital – Denver, CO
- Pfizer Pharmaceutical Corporate Offices Denver, Colorado
- McGraw Hill Publishers-Dayton, Ohio
- Medical Center of the Rockies-Fort Collins, Colorado
- Ella Corothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art-Bolivar, Missouri
- Omni Interlocken Hotel-Boulder, Colorado
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center-Houston, TX
- Academy Retirement-Community/ Bella Vista Boulder, Colorado
- Colorado Business Bank-Boulder, Colorado
- Berg and McMurry, P.C.-Boulder, Colorado
- Alpha Omicron Pi Headquarters-Brentwood, Tennessee
- United Western Bank – Denver, CO
- Kent Place – Denver, CO
- Sunrise Senior Living Center – Boulder, CO
- UMB Bank – Denver, CO
- Trailhead Lodge – Steamboat Springs, CO
- New Dawn Living – Boulder, CO
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
- Vail Valley Medical Center, Edwards Shaw Cancer Pavilion
- Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children; Denver, CO
- Memorial Hospital North- Colorado Springs, CO
- The Denver Hospice
- Steele Street Bank & Trust; Denver, CO
- Moody Insurance Agency
- Meagher Energy Advisors, Denver, CO
- Columbine Country Club, Denver, CO
- Actor Jack Nicholson
- Bill and Lori Kavanagh
- Kraig Forbes
- Dr. Michele Winston
- Constance and Michael Brown
ASSOCIATIONS
- NOAPS – National Society of Oil and Acrylic Painters
- OPA – Oil Painters of America
- Pastel Society of Colorado
- Daily Painters
- Daily Paintworks
- Daily Painters of Colorado
- Abstract Painters of Colorado
- Fine Art America
PUBLICATIONS
- Southwest Art Magazine – article 2013
- Washington Park Profile – numerous articles
- Colorado Expressions, article Jan 2008
- Downtowner Magazine, article October, 2007
- Artist to Watch/Best of the West – Southwest Art Magazine, May 2002
- Artist to Watch/Best of the West – Southwest Art Magazine, Oct. 2001
- Visual Language Magazine – Feature article 4-2014
- Feature Artist 2014 Gallery Guide of Lincoln County, New Mexico
