These past few months have brought so much joy within my creative life. A chance to show my work via the Hearst Center for the Arts and then news of my pattern designs being accepted into the "Surface Pattern Design Guide" section of uppercasemagazine.com #49 issue.

With over 850 entrants narrowed down to 100 artists--- it had to be a tough job to select which ones would be published. I am thrilled to be a part of it! Each artist could submit up to nine patterns and three would make it into publication. (see the nine I entered in this post)

I am a novice when it comes to patterns. They are a challenge! I learned so much from this experience that I will take it with me as I create more pattern designs this year. Thank you for your comments about the patterns that I create. I appreciate your feedback!

I am very happy to be featured on a page with the beautiful patterns of fellow "Kates" from Canada and Scotland: Kate Golding and Kate Livingstone.