March’s art exhibit offers works by Bess Woodworth and Kat Manton-Jones.

The opening reception will be 11:00am-1:30pm, this Sunday, March 1, in the West Murphey Gallery. All are invited to attend.

A bit about Bess
Bess is an alumna of Boston University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

The themes of her paintings cover a variety of natural subjects, including plant and animal life, reflections in water, she transfers atmosphere, and buildings.

Bess works mainly in watercolor and acrylics, and transfers feelings from her heart through the brush to achieve an honest and true vision of her chosen subject. Her strength is in color, form, and value.

Bess lives in Oro Valley, AZ and spends her summers along the eastern seaboard. She likes to hike. She shows her work at the Southern AZ Watercolor Guild and the Art Association of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

besswoodworth.com
besswoodworth@gmail.com

A bit about Kat
Kat Manton-Jones is a watercolor and mixed-media artist in the Arizona Sonora Desert. Her artwork is inspired by her curiosity, adventures, and studies. Experimentation is essential in her approach. She frequently plays with new color combinations, textures, or techniques, and, as a result, her awareness and art are continually evolving.

She has completed two Artist Residencies in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (2018) and Arquetopia in Urubamba, Perú (2023). As a recipient of the 2024-2025 Arts Heritage Grant Honoring Janet Tifft, she is creating a body of work that incorporates collage, assemblage, watercolor, and community in experimental art. Her current themes are conservation of ecosystems and habitats, dark skies, citizen science, and resistance art.

Kat is a Saguaro Fellow in the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Signature member of the International Society of Experimental Artists, and member of PaperWorks, Raices Taller, and Tubac Center for the Arts. She has presented at Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, PaperWorks, and ISEA. She teaches collage and watercolor. Her paintings have won awards in Tucson and Tubac.