I have an unconditional approach to the common concept of painting. For many years, I have painted and exhibited, then in 1990, I began experimenting by combining painting, collage and drawing – all on the same work.

The pieces begin on rag paper, board or unprimed canvas. Starting with a gesture drawing, continuing with collage, line and brush strokes, I then move back and forth creating depth through combining imagery, form, movement, texture, and negative space using sumi, oils, raw pigment, beeswax, resin, clay, graphite, asphalt…fragments…slices and pieces of other works. Each stroke…each gesture… each placement…informs…divines the next.

I am obsessed with the expression of the gesture, grace, motion and mystery of the human figure. My format is large, allowing the viewer to become an active part of the painting itself, simultaneously maximizing my presentation of the image and the act of painting.


Northwest Arts magazine said, “She communicates motion and emotion through barely suggested forms. With sure line and impeccable choice, she captures the essence of the moment… Subtle, unpretentious…her subjects reveal themselves in the act of becoming, being and disintegrating, but never losing their identities.” Kuder’s art study has included training at the Instituto Allende in Mexico, San Francisco Art Institute, as well as teaching and training at Laguna Beach School of Art. Her work has been shown in individual and collective exhibitions, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery; MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Elaine Sternberg Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois; Griffin-Ross Gallery, Santa Barbara, California; and the M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California.