About Beth Kappa
My paintings involve studies of color combined with the formal elements of art such as line, shape, texture, etc. My goal is to use these elements to create interesting and emotional compositions. Color is the starting point and inspiration behind my work. In the past I have focused on colors that are popular, trendy and easily seen in everyday media. Currently, I am combining this interest with research on color palettes that were popular in decades past.
In my artwork, I research color trends both current and historically. I collect these interpretations from magazines, catalogues and advertisements, analyzing the color palettes and interpreting them into my own paintings and drawings. The subjects of the images I choose to paint are deconstructions of still life’s, portraits, landscapes and objects from everyday life.
I find profound connections between color and the individual. Color is a tool that reflects individuality and character but is also a manipulative force affecting mood and emotion. Layer by layer my paintings become transcriptions of artistic process, design, and the simple human reaction to the formal elements of art.
--Beth Kappa
UPCOMING Events & Shows!
International Culinary Arts & Sciences Institute (ICASI)
Meritage Event: Artist/Chef Collaboration
September 9, 2010
2688 W. 14th
Tremont Art Walk
November 12, 2010 7pm
Previous Events & Shows
Case Western Reserve University: Summer Studio Exhibition
Case Art Studio: Cleveland, Ohio
2008
City Artists at Work - Public Art Banner Exhibition
Quadrangle/Midtown: Cleveland, Ohio
2008
Red Brick Center for the Arts: Solo Exhibition
Mojo's: Bay Village, Ohio
2008
SPACES: Art Mart, Annual members show
SPACES Gallery: Cleveland, Ohio
2008
Ursuline College: "Women Watch"
Ursuline College: Pepper Pike, Ohio
2008
The Pop Shop: "P.S. I Love You"
The Pop Shop: Lakewood, Ohio
2008
River Gallery Exhibition
River Gallery: Rocky River, Ohio
2008
The Pop Shop: Third Annual, "True Value Vintage Show"
The Pop Sho: Lakewood, Ohio
2007
Inner Bliss Yoga Studio: Special Exhibition
Inner Bliss Yoga Studio: Rocky River, Ohio
2007
Mojo's: Solo Show, curated by Red Brick Center for the Arts
Mojo's: Bay Village, Ohio
2007
Ursuline College: Alumni Show "Now & Then"
Ursuline College: Pepper Pike, Ohio
2007
Asterisk Gallery: "Unmasked"
Asterisk Gallery: Tremont, Ohio
2006
CSU: "The Peoples' Show"
CSU: Cleveland, Ohio
2006
Americans for the Arts: Annual National Conference
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2006
Cleveland Bar Association, Group Show
The Galleria: Cleveland, Ohio
2005
Atmosphere Gallery
Cleveland, Ohio
2005
Artists for John Kerry Art Auction
Cleveland, Ohio
2004
Atmosphere Gallery
Cleveland, Ohio
2004
The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute: Professional Development
Cleveland, Ohio
2004
Grantmakers in the Arts Conference: Dancing with Different Partners
Cleveland, Ohio
2003
Senior Exhibition
Ursuline College: Pepper Pike, Ohio
2003
First Place -
Inscape Magazine: The Ursuline College Fine Arts Annual
Ursuline College: Pepper Pike, Ohio
2003
Honorable Mention -
Undergraduate Exhibtion
Ursuline College: Pepper Pike, Ohio
2002
Education
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Master of Art in Art Education
2008-2009
Studio Art Centers International (SACI)
Florence, Italy
Painting, Italian Language Summer
2003
Ursuline College
Pepper Pike, Ohio
Fine Art/ Concentration in Painting
BA, Fine Art/Painting; Magna cum Laude
2001-2004
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohioio
Principles of Fine Art/ Beginning Metalsmithing
1999-2001















