In recent years, Eaton has studied with Daniel Gerhartz, Everett Raymond Kinstler, C.W. Mundy, Nancy Guzik, Rose Frantzen, James Hempel, and Andrew Orr. She is fortunate to occasionally share time painting with a group of artists that include Dan Gerhartz, William Schnieder, William Suys, Lori Beringer, Mark Zelten, and more.
Recent notable achievements include a portrait of U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak, which is on display at the Spies Public Library in Menominee, MI, and the official portrait of The Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample, Bishop of Marquette. The bishop’s portrait currently hangs in St. Peter’s Cathedral in Marquette, and will be later added to the adoration chapel, which houses historical portraits of all the former bishops of the cathedral.
She has painted a number of commissions, and received meritorious recognition in the Richeson 75 International Portrait and Figurative Competition, the Richeson 75 Landscape Competition, and the Richeson 75 Small Works Competition. She was invited to show at the Michigan Portrait Exhibition at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI, in 2009.
Eaton’s work appears in
exhibitions and art fairs nationally. Many of her paintings
are housed in private and public collections throughout the United
States. She is a member of Oil Painters of America and The Portrait
Society of America.
Originally from Chicago, Eaton has lived in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan for over 20 years. In her free time, she enjoys
reading, traveling, quilting, and searching for landscape inspiration.
Kay can be contacted by e-mail at info@eatonartgallery.com.
