FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SIDELINES JULY 2014 57
Petra Warlimont on Karat CF
Photo by Kathleen Bryan
“Door Knocked”
Photo by Kathleen Bryan
“I told her my camera’s not even here yet,” Kathleen
explained. “But, the camera showed up the next day. I developed
a website and that weekend I was taking pictures at a horse
show. I’ve done that ever since.”
The show was a success and the show manager asked
Kathleen to photograph the remainder of the season. Elated with
her newfound success, Kathleen agreed — later to discover not
only that the show season included a regional championship, but
also that the DSLR camera she bought on a whim would be one
of the greatest decisions she had ever made.
An Early Start
While Kathleen may be best known for her stunning
photography, her artistic story doesn’t begin with a camera. A
passion for art runs deep in her veins and she knew she loved
art (and horses!) at an early age.
Her earliest memories of combining her passions include
sitting in church, doodling and drawing horses on the offering
envelopes in the back of the pew. “I couldn’t chew gum in church,
but I did get to draw,” she laughed mischievously.
As for her love of horses, Kathleen isn’t entirely sure where
it comes from. With nobody in her immediate family sharing
her fascination with equines, she can only assume her passion
comes from her cousins who had horses growing up.
A Seamless
Transition
Beyond doodling
the four-legged
beauties under the
radar in church,
Kathleen first
professionally
combined her love
of art with horses
via sculpture. She
did decorative
woodcarving with
her dad when she
was young, which
made for an easy
transition into
sculpture.
Her first
piece was of a
Thoroughbred
racehorse and,
from there, her
