Musician Patti Smith portrait design

Patti Smith

Musician/Poet Patti Smith

About Kathryn
With her fluid, natural drawing style, Kathryn Rathke has a rare talent for capturing the individual look of the person she’s drawing in just a few quick lines. Authors, singers, politicians – her portraits are instantly recognizable but so simply drawn that they’re always easy for people to relate to.
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Mr Wodehouse
Kathryn Rathke's black and white portrait of English author P.G. Wodehouse is used by his estate's website.
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Quarantine Book Club
Kathryn Rathke creates portraits of the authors featured in a Seattle-based online book club.
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Sister Jean
Sister Jean
Kathryn Rathke creates a portrait of a worthy local for Chicago Magazine.
Sister Jean
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