About me
Kathryn Finter is a Canadian artist specializing in fifteenth-century materials and
techniques of panel painting and manuscript illumination. She is a member of the
Medieval Academy of America,
the Canadian Society of Medievalists,
the Society of Tempera Painters,
and the Calligraphy Society of Ottawa.
She lives and paints in Ottawa, Canada.
Ongoing projects
- My interest in medieval painting and illumination techniques
has inspired an ongoing research project copying 15th century master works at the
National Gallery of Canada and more recently at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City. This project, which started in 1994, is rediscovering how medieval
miniature paintings are connected with the panel paintings of the same period. While
some artists, such as Simon Marmion, were proficient in both, little is known
about how they adapted their painting style to accommodate the differences in
size, support, and medium. The techniques and methods learned over the course
of this project find application in her original works of art.
Past Events
- Feb. 13-14, 2010 - Illuminating Words of Love - A Winterlude activity
where I worked on a piece inspired by a poem called Le Roman de la Rose, and calligraphed names onto facsilimes and bookmarks. Canadian Museum of Civilization (just outside the Postal Museum), Gatineau, Saturday and Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 pm
- Aug. 8-9, 2009 - Illumination demonstration, in conjunction
with Mythic Beasts: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids exhibit,
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, 1:00 to 4:00 pm, Gallery C Entrance
- May 2009 - How to Draw and Illuminated Latter (manuscript illumination workshop). Canadian Society
of Medievalists meeting at 2009
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa
- March 4, 2006 - Televised interview with Joel Haslam on
Regional Contact
(CJOH TV Ottawa, 6:30pm Saturday)
- May 28-29, 2006 - Manuscript Illumination Workshop. Canadian Society
of Medievalists meeting at Social Sciences & Humanities Research
Congress, York University
- Sep. 7 - Nov. 30, 2005 - Rediscovering the Art of
Medieval Manuscript Illumination, exhibit of 36 works on parchment,
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall Foyer,
Wilfred Laurier University
- Nov. 15, 2005 - Materials and Techniques of Manuscript
Illumination, presentation for Women's Art Society,
McCord Museum,
Montreal
- Nov. 6, 2005 - The Copy and the Original,
presentation and tour, Sunday Painters Workshop,
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- Oct. 13-16, 2005 - exhibit of 2 illuminated letters,
2005 Mayor's Art Festival, Ottawa City Hall
- Sept. 30, 2005 - Presentation and workshop on
Illumination Techniques. Medieval Colloquium, Wilfred Laurier
University
- May 29, 2005 - Manuscript Illumination Workshop. Canadian Society
of Medievalists meeting at Social Sciences & Humanities Research
Congress, University of Western Ontario
- March 12, 2005 - Demonstration of Illuminated Manuscript
Techniques. Centre for Medieval Studies Annual Conference, University of
Toronto
