Katherine sold her first painting at the age of fourteen and has made her living in the arts ever since. She has been commissioned for over 150 murals, many magazine and book covers, and ten nationally distributed children's books. Many of her paintings are in private and corporate collections. She has also headlined as a classical soloist with many nation- ally recognized symphonies and opera companies. Some of her performance highlights include the title role of Tosca with both the Lincoln Opera of Chicago and OPERA!Lenawa of Michigan; Madama Butterfly with Indiana Opera North; the Verdi Requiem for Illi-& ; nois Symphony and Toledo Symphony, Mendelsohn's Elijah with the University Musical Society and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony at Hill Auditorium in 2005 and Mahler's 4th Symphony for the Ann Arbor Symphony's 2009 season finale. Her full time pursuit of both careers, now spanning over 32 years, has taken her across the U.S., to Germany and then Italy to study at the Goethe Institute in Rothenburg, and the British Institute in Florence.

& ; Today she continues to run her graphic design studio while singing occasionally. Her new- est passion is sharing her experiences in the arts by mentoring the creation of hands-on murals with the public and schools. But at least once a week, she grabs her backpack and easel, calls to her Weimaraner, Maestro, and heads to the outdoors for another painting adventure, and sometimes when they are alone in the wilderness, she sings.& ; For more information: www.katherinelarson.com.