Kathleen Gray began painting in 1997 and is primarily a self-taught artist. She defines her style of painting as classical realism and counts Sargent, Zorn, and De Laszo-as well as Holbein, Hans Memling, and Allan Ramsay as major influences. She is a resident artist member of the Salmagundi Club, in New York City, and an elected member of Allied Artists. Her work has been accepted in several national group exhibitions-including member and nonmember shows at the Salmagundi Club, the Allied Artist annual exhibition, and the American Artists Professional League grand national-and has won awards in those and other shows, including Best of Show, Best in Oil. She is a featured artist in American Artist Magazine Dec/2010. To see more of the artist's work visit her website at www.kgrayfinearts.com.