ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS Paul Scott Gallery Kathleen EarthrowlA passion for healing the mind, body and spirit has been a life-long quest for Kathleen Earthrowl, an award-winning contemporary artist in the Houston community. The arts were the vehicle through which Earthrowl became a psychotherapist more than twenty years ago. “All of ones life experiences are interrelated although we may not see the connectedness at the time”, she states. As a therapist, Earthrowl “practiced what she preached” and privately journaled about feelings, thoughts, aspirations, and her history. Little did she know that this process of drawing and writing was the subconscious core of a career from which she will never retire. Painting is her driving force and passion, bringing overwhelming surprise to her life.No doubt about it, Earthrowl is focused. She paints on a daily basis. At one point she moved to N.Y.C. to study at the Art Students’ League. She has sought fine and notable teachers and discovered that her favorite studio is nature (plein air). Traveling to paint is first and foremost in her life. France, England, Wales, New Zealand, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arkansas, California, and Oregon are all in her repertoire and when not traveling, she paints in her studio at home.Earthrowl’s entire life has been one of adventure and exploration. Born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, she has two children, a daughter who is a physician in Portland, Oregon and a son who is a psychotherapist in Houston. When she found herself in Houston in the late 70’s, she taught modern dance at the University of Houston and was an associate director of the Aesthetic Education program there. The arts led her further on a path to healing. She became involved with a group of students at Baylor College of Medicine and together they investigated the value of movement/dance and health. They started a dance group called The Dancemakers which focused on the healing nature of dance/movement. She taught at the Jung Center and became a movement therapist at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the beginning of a long career as a psychotherapist.
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