Meet the artist
My name is Katie-Sue! I’m a Chicago-based artist who loves to paint what I'm passionate about, and share that excitement with others.
I grew up loving art, but I wasn’t introduced to oil painting until I took a class in high school. From then on, I knew I wanted to be an artist.
Flash forward to 2022, after two non-art degrees and a number of unsatisfying jobs later, I quit my full-time corporate job and decided to actually make a go as a professional artist. My preferred medium is oil, but I’ve recently added digital art to my repertoire.
Why ‘fanart’?
Why fanart? Why not landscapes or abstracts or still lifes? I’m a nerd at heart and thanks to my husband introducing me to Marvel and DC and other fandoms, I found a space where I felt like I truly belonged. Walking through Artist Alley at my first ever C2E2, I couldn’t believe people were actually making art that featured some of my favorite characters: Sam and Dean Winchester, Agents Mulder and Scully, the Avengers. And not just creating it, but selling it; there was actually a market for this sort of subject matter! I had found my passion in fanart, but more specifically in the fictional women of these fandoms.
What inspires me the most are strong heroines; you’ll often see me tackling characters like Dana Scully of the X-Files, Naru from Prey or - my favorite - Marvel’s Black Widow. I experience true emotional investment in their complex, often heartbreaking, character arcs. Of course I’ve also been known to paint a few male characters because I do love a tragic hero. Basically any character that sticks in my brain, long after the show or movie is done, will earn a spot on my easel.
