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My grandfather’s school photo- it haunts and taunts me…

Published September 11, 2022September 13, 2022 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Inspiration, Portfolio

Cashel, Ireland “vision board”

Published July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, creative process, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling

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Yard Gone Wild #fanart #doodles

Published December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal

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TECKNA MÅLA. My father’s art supplies.

Published August 4, 2021 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Inspiration

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Alone time in my “backyard.”

Published July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, Inspiration, Journal

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Meanwhile, nature enchants.

Published September 13, 2020November 21, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Journal, Meditation

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Collaging as writing process

Published September 7, 2020October 18, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Visual Storytelling

I am obsessed with a photo of Lucy Knisley. So I had to sketch it.

Published September 7, 2020October 18, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Women who inspire

A sock snapping turtle eating David Sedaris’ tumour. A handmade gift.

Published February 15, 2020February 27, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Bookstore, Crafts, Event, Inspiration

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Shaping non-fiction characters.

Published February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Quote, Visual Storytelling

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A quick creative project on last day of 2019: The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

Published December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling

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William March’s Company K (1933) studies- ink, watercolour, coffee, salt

Published November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, creative process, Event, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling

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“All you have to do now is allow…” Sabbatical reflections.

Published August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Event, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling

Here were valleys filled with tiny trees and minuscule, tangled vines…

Published August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Crafts, creative process, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling

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There are times of no ideas… – Lynda Barry (but there is always process)

Published July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling

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Connecting with the journal everyday. Even if just to copy…

Published July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling

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RIP Freddie Jones

Published July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Portrait, Visual Storytelling

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I am happy among my books – I am not happy without them. – Anne Lister

Published July 1, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Inspiration, Meditation, Quote, Women who inspire

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Man klarar sig i många år på ett ögonblick…

Published June 30, 2019July 20, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling

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There is one moment in Pippi Longstocking that nailed it for me…

Published June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Inspiration, Journal, Quote, Women who inspire

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I keep the broken bits. They illustrate the subtext.

Published May 18, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling

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Silent interiors…

Published April 21, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Facepaint, Inspiration, Meditation, Quote

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Bird spotting with a yellow legal pad and a walk in the park.

Published January 11, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling

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Vision 2019: COURAGE

Published December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Quote

It’s not that I don’t know what to do.

Published November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, creative process, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Quote, Visual Storytelling

Potato Nose Diaries (1977): Instalment 9- Torpet

Published November 26, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Journal

60 years ago my mother became a mother. (Karin Kristina Orwald 1936 – 2008)

Published November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling, Women who inspire

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Inktober 2018: 31 studies of Truman Capote’s IN COLD BLOOD

Published October 31, 2018November 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, creative process, Event, Gallery, Inspiration, Portrait, Visual Storytelling

Father, daughter, Fenrir, Gleipnir and “Drawn Together”- the book: 6 years later.

Published October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Bookstore, creative process, Drawn Together, Inspiration

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On this one year anniversary since Asterix passed, something poignant happened.

Published September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Journal, Quote

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Born in Sweden, Katarina is deeply grateful to live, work and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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