Kathy Deggendorfer lives on a ranch in Sisters, Oregon, where the Cascade mountains form a backdrop for her life as an artist. The snow-covered peaks are frequent elements in her paintings. She has always loved painting and drawing—finding sketching her classmates and teachers much more interesting than the actual subject matter in school.
Her medium of choice is watercolor but her work also has been translated in fabric, tile and glass. Lots of patterns in each painting are the reason people often refer to her work as “Painter’s Quilts.” One of her favorite things is seeing how quilters transform her paintings into fresh new artwork! Kathy’s paintings are in the collections of many individuals and the Oregon Governor’s Mansion, Mahonia Hall; Robert’s Field Municipal Airport in Redmond, Oregon; and Brasada Ranch Resort in Central Oregon.
Kathy has been the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show poster artist 6 times. She was selected to create the 2008 White House Christmas Tree Ornament for the State of Oregon. She was featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat and has a long-running traveling museum show about Oregon agriculture, curated by the High Desert Museum in Central Oregon.
Working with Kibak Tile in Sisters, Oregon, has expanded her ability to add public art installations. Her tile murals are in the collections of OHSU Casey Eye Institute in Portland,Oregon; St. Charles Cancer Center in Bend, Oregon; OSU Cascades Campus in Bend, Oregon; Fir Street Park in Sisters, Oregon; Peace Health Hospital in Longview, Washington; and the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, California.
Using her art to tell stories about the place she lives and where she’s travelled, her journals offer lots of reference material for her paintings. A daily cartoon on Instagram about her corgi, Cooper, (@kathydeggendorfer) is a guarantee she brings out her art supplies on a daily basis.
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