... As
I reverently entered a larger area of the Uffizi Museum
in Florence, Italy, I knew that the painting
was here, but where? I slowly turned to my left and found
that I was standing three feet away from it...Botticelli's Birth
of Venus. It took my breath away! I was so overwhelmed
at its size and grandeur that I nearly cried. I studied
this painting in art history at UOP and did not care that
the Uffizi was full of people. I was alone in the presence
of one of the most beautiful, insightful, and moving paintings
ever envisioned....
KATHY L. ROWLEY
EDUCATION:
University of the Pacific
BFA graphic design, 2000
Summa
cum laude
California
State University, Stanislaus
MA
English, 2011
Summa
cum laude
HONORS
Phi
Kappa Phi
Alpha Sigma
Lambda
Sigma Tau Delta
Expressive
writing
and languages were my life's first interests. As
I considered majoring in journalism, I studied photography to support that
goal. I fell in love with photography and found that a study of design would
strongly incorporate photography as well as art history; yet another love.
My art influence was my mother, a watercolorist. Animation also fascinated
me and
I have determined
all of this into web design.
If
the beginning is the end,
then I will come in full circle to where I
began. And I did.
