{"id":9411,"date":"2016-10-24T10:38:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T17:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/?page_id=9411"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:49:30","slug":"artist-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/artist-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a self-taught artist. In 2002, I decided to play with art. I began to draw, paint, and make mixed media collage. I made \u201cmistakes.\u201d Sometimes I feel amazed at what comes through and from me. <\/p>\n<p>I make art because when I am creating, I am whole. It brings contentment to be in creative flow. I relax, lose time, and my thinking moves from my head to my whole body. Sometimes I am inspired by something I see. Other times I face a canvas and just create, and I see what comes of it. One thing has become clear: I must make art. <\/p>\n<p>I believe all people are creative. To look at something is a creative process. I invite you to enter my gallery with open eyes and curiosity. I welcome you.<\/p>\n<p><center>Enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/collections\/72157601097996357\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gallery<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a self-taught artist. In 2002, I decided to play with art. I began to draw, paint, and make mixed media collage. I made \u201cmistakes.\u201d Sometimes I feel amazed at what comes through and from me. I make art because when I am creating, I am whole. It brings contentment to be in creative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9411"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10410,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9411\/revisions\/10410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}