My Story

Kathy Hauge is presenting a body of work which she describes as inspired "Illuminations".  A number of these paintings were exhibited at the Adam Whitney Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.  Currently her work is shown at Creative Designs in Alamogordo, NM, Studio W in Ruidoso, NM, Oso Arts in Capitan, NM, and Coffee and More in Tularosa, NM. Periodically she exhibits at the Eagle Ranch in Alamogordo, NMSU-Alamogordo,  and the Flickinger Theater in Alamogordo, NM.

Light, bright colors and familiar images such as trees and old structures continue to interest Kathy visually. Her key images are fish, birds, stones, fruit, jewels, flowers, stained glass, nostalgia, buildings, children and water. These are seen in Kathy’s interpretation and representation of her central themes; “Monuments,” “Gardens,” “Time,” “The Holy Spirit,” “The Dark Glass,” “Living Waters,” “The Tree of Life,” “Biblical Scriptures,” and “Remembering.”

Kathy’s work is the result of many years of searching for visual means to represent truth, in an innovative and enlightening way. Water, light and color resound through the work, like music and the sounds of creation. This site includes examples of earlier work and several new watercolors, as well as her latest acrylic paintings, which are the initiation of an entirely new, though related, body of work. Additionally, some earlier paintings have been reworked to include more light and color. Kathy’s “stained glass effect”, (her symbolism for personal interpretations and bias, as well as time and perspective) is also exemplified in many of the paintings.

Kathy produced her first oil painting when she was ten years old. After high school, she attended New Mexico State University on a tuition scholarship given by the NMSU Art Department. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art from the University of California at Los Angeles. She also completed a Master’s Degree in Painting at NMSU. Loving to teach, she subsequently taught art at NMSU-Alamogordo, headed the NMSU-A Art Department, and served as the Division Head of the Professional Technologies Division.

She now works professionally in the area she loves best…ART. Acrylics, watercolors, and digital prints form her primary means of visual expression. She is also illustrating a children’s book that she recently wrote.

Kathy is married to Arlan Hauge who teaches Special Education at Alamogordo High School and Business at NMSU-A. She has one daughter, Miel Pridemore, a son-in-law, Paul Pridemore, and two beautiful grandchildren, Madison and Joshua.