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

Mastroianni Arts

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