Welcome to the Art and Designs of Katherine Klimitas!
Katherine Klimitas is an aspiring artist who began painting at the age of five. She often depicts her favorite animals in watercolors and acrylic, giving them personality and character. Many of her clients commission her to paint portraits of their pets from photographs. She also creates lovely pieces of jewelry, generally with semi-precious stones and sterling silver.
Although Katherine leads a fairly normal life, she has Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease) and has been wheelchair bound all of her life. Her art career began at her grade school, Saint Paul's Episcopal, with a very talented and very gifted teacher and mentor. She graduated locally from Benjamin Franklin High School (ranked the 16th best public school in the nation), and is now a junior at Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is majoring in Graphic Arts and plans to continue to develop her artistic style throughout her college career.