Kate was born and raised in Tacoma, WA. She moved to Gothenburg, Sweden in her early twenties and lived there for nine years. She studied at Gothenburg University and traveled throughout Europe. Her visits to the fabulous museums in England, France, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Germany and Russia instilled in her a life long respect and love of artists and their work. Her favorite art is from the Fauvist and Impressionist periods which is reflected in her own artistic style.In 1976, she returned to the United States and graduated with a degree in Business and Economics fro the...more