Kay Polk is an award winning portrait artist with more than thirty years of experience in portraiture and fine art. Working out of her loft in downtown Dallas, Ms. Polk is nationally known for her charming portraits of children and signature art style in the mediums of oil, pastel and charcoal. Professional accomplishments include achieving signature status in Knickerbocker Artists NY, The Pastel Society of America NY, and The American Portrait Society. Ms. Polk is also a past president of the Pastel Society of the Southwest and for a number of years, had her own teaching Atelier in Dallas and Houston.
In November 1998, Ms. Polk was honored by the American Society of Portrait Artists as one of Ten Finalists chosen for their Annual Portrait Art Festival in Montgomery, Alabama. Her portrait of "Virginia", 24"x30" pastel, was awarded Second Prize in the field of ten. In May 1999 and again in May 2000, she took home The Best Portfolio of the Year award at The American Portrait Society's Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Polk is represented
by three national portrait brokers: Portraits South Inc, The
Portrait Source Inc., and Portrait Brokers of America, Inc. and
maintains between a two and three year waiting list for her portraits.
Her work is available for viewing on an appointment basis.
RECENT ARTICLES
AND BOOKS featuring
Kay Polk and her work are:
"Master Pastellists of the World: United States Showcase"
Pastel Artist's International Magazine Nov/Dec
99/Jan 2000
"The Artist's Life" by Carole Katchen, Artist's
International Magazine, Ap/May2000
"Arbitrary Colors" by Linda Price, American Artist
Magazine September 1997
Keys to Painting Faces and Figures, compiled by Rachel
Rubin Wolf, North Light Publication, 1999
Painting with Passion by Carole Katchen, North Light Publications,
1994
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS of K.Polk's work:
The Greer Garson Theater, SMU, Dallas, Texas
Texas A&M University System Hirshfeld-Moore House Austin, Texas;
The Kathryn Heard Craig Museum, McKinney, Texas;
Count and Countess Nostitz of North Carolina and Austria;
Dr. and Mrs. Malone Hill Austin, Texas;
Mr and Mrs Sanford Gottesman Austin, Texas;
Mr and Mrs Philip Keevil of New York and London;
McStay Investment Counsel of Dallas, Texas;
Owens Ranches, Inc. of Texas and New Mexico; to name a few