My artwork comes from a passion for observing people and the world we live in. How we, individually and together, interact and view the world. My business name is Kathleen's Kollected; this is the receptacle of all the artwork I create in mixed media: shadow boxes, jewelry. My artwork integrates many found objects, including vintage jewelry pieces, as well as toys, paper, stamps and my own drawings and painting. My artistic process usually starts with one object or text; it may be a poem, or a vintage frame or purse that inspires an idea that I want to express. From there I gather items that I have been collecting over many years. These items include stamps, paper, found items and many vintage jewelry pieces and toys. I combine all these plus painting and drawing to create my artwork.  

Kathleen Toledano