Katie Willes is an exciting American painter who began painting as a way to feel close to her daughter, who went to college to study art. Willes' process involves a sense of play, and she seeks to work in the contrasts between chaos and order, intuition and abandon. Pastel acrylics meld into one another, often accentuated with pencil, charcoal, or crayon marks to create lighthearted and whimsical works.