Mini Portraits, with Kate True

CAA is excited to host Boston artist and CAA Member Kate True for mini portrait sessions at The Speedway Gallery this Mother's Day!

On Sunday, May 8, Kate will host live, 15 minute portrait sessions. Using a lovely sepia toned walnut ink painted on archival paper and presented with card backing in a plastic sleeve, these 11 x 14 inch drawings are dry and ready to take home in about 30 minutes. These are true heirlooms and make the best gifts! And not to worry about squirmy babies and kids, if 15 minutes seems like an enormously long amount of time to sit still, Kate can finish the portrait from a photograph.

Live portrait spaces available: 9| Pre-registration suggested  Please complete the Calendly sign-up here before paying the fee.

Can't get your little one to sit still for 15 minutes? We'll schedule a 5-minute photo session with Kate, and the finished portraits will be available for pick-up at The Speedway Gallery during the weekend of May 14. 

Photo-based portrait spaces: 12 | Walk-ins welcome! 

Please note: our online registration portal will close at 11:55pm on Saturday, May 7. If you've missed it, don't worry! We will accept payment in person on Sunday, May 8, at The Speedway Gallery

About the artist:

Artist and curator Kate True has been painting portraits in oil and ink for more than 20 years. Her work has taken her across the country, capturing captivating and sensitive likenesses in her drawings and portraits. Kate has been using walnut ink to create quick portraits from life for the past decade. She has held events in Boston and around the country, creating portraits in as little as 15 minutes. Kate also leads workshops at museums and schools to demonstrate the use of walnut ink and her portrait drawing techniques. Pre-pandemic, her event travels took her to California, Atlanta, Charleston and Brooklyn multiple times, in addition to many locations around greater Boston. Kate works out of her home studio, where she paints in oil and gouache as well as walnut ink. Her drawings, prints, and paintings have been featured in galleries around the US and are in more than 1000 private collections worldwide. True has curated multiple exhibitions in the Boston area. In 2017 she was the principal organizer of Nasty Women Boston, a resistance art show and fundraiser, which raised over $20,000 for social justice and women’s health. Kate lives and works in Boston, MA.

Learn more at katetrue.com