About the Artist

Kate Maynard is a graduate of The Art Academy of Cincinnati and later received a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Northern Kentucky University. She continued her studies at the Tyler School of Art of Temple University and completed an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Cincinnati in 1978. After serving as the Visual Arts Director for the Women's Art Center of Cincinnati where she founded Tiger Lily Press, Maynard was nominated for the "Outstanding Individual Contribution to the Arts" award by The Ohio Arts Council. During that time she widely exhibited, most notably at the Contemporary Arts Center's "A Group of Six: Cincinnati Printmakers" and as part of a PBS documentary, "Small Rooms."

Ms. Maynard first "retired" from the art world in 1980, choosing to spend the next decade as a machinist in the Norfolk, Virginia, shipyards. After moving to the Blue Ridge Mountain area of Northern Virginia, Ms. Maynard emerged from artistic retirement.

More of Kate's art work can be seen at her Scottie Art Gallery.