director, Achim Freyer. u SB Do you collect anything? Kathryn:
Polish Theatre posters. I picked up a whole lot in Krakow. u
SB Tell us about a favourite recent project. Kathryn: My recent
cover for the NY Observer. George Steinbrenner, the owner of
the Yankees baseball team, had just died, and they wanted a
portrait of him for their cover, and needed it by 5pm NY time
(2pm my time)! u SB What would be your dream commission?
Kathryn: Portraits of my favourite British authors and
playwrights including Evelyn Waugh, Samuel Beckett, Dame
Edith Sitwell, and Martin Amis. u SB What’s the best advice
you’ve ever been given? Kathryn: Shaw’s quote “The secret of
being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you
are happy or not.” u SB Where would you most like to visit?
Kathryn: Berlin. u SB If you could travel back in time, which
person would you most want to meet? Kathryn: Theodore
Roosevelt. I just read a great biography on him and I’d love to
hear him speak. Or Abraham Lincoln; I’ve always had a huge
crush on him.
Kathryn Rathke’s Favourites
Food Spicy pork posole
Café Le Pichet, 1933 1st Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101
Gallery Western Bridge, Seattle (www.westernbridge.org )
Drink Casa Vieja, New Mexico (www.casaviejanm.com)
Holiday Destination The San Geronimo Lodge, New Mexico
Website www.hazardfactory.org
www.illustrationweb.com/kathrynrathke
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