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Katya has told STORIES,
BUILT WORLDS, & CREATED the ART to go with them for most of her life.
THE CONTENT HERE REFLECTS HER DIVERSE INTERESTS
OVER TIME.
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CONDITA EST ANNO MCMXCV
KATYA REIMANN â—¦ WRITER & ARTIST
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The Defeat of the Austrian Army Near L'viv
Caption: According to the headquarters of the commander in chief, after a seven day battle, our army took advanced and heavily fortified...

Katya Reimann
Nov 21, 20212 min read
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Lego Circa 1981
This photo has been circulating on the Internet since at least 2013, when someone first sent it to me, along with the caption, "Before...

Katya Reimann
Feb 28, 20201 min read
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Clearing the desk
As I clear my desk & toss old envelopes... Comical dog in lifejacket, ~2015

Katya Reimann
Feb 4, 20201 min read
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Helen Sadowy Reimann, Portrait of the Artist's Daughter, ~1972
When I was young, my mother did a number of bad portraits of me. Or so I thought, at the time she was doing them. My feral child self...

Katya Reimann
Jan 30, 20201 min read
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Practicing Foxes
Practicing drawing foxes, because pen and ink is not very forgiving... (sketch for an illustration of a few years back) I send out...

Katya Reimann
Dec 7, 20191 min read
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William Merritt Chase
My mother took this photograph of me and my Dad in 2016. We were visiting the William Merritt Chase exhibition at the Boston MFA. We got...

Katya Reimann
Nov 15, 20191 min read
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Baroque Pearls
I find these forms irresistible. This one => is in the Wallace Collection in London, England. I'll be visiting London in January, 2020...

Katya Reimann
Nov 4, 20191 min read
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Nancy Carlson's Daily Doodles
Carlson's books were not household favorites when my kids were young, but what she's going through right now—I have empathy for it. A...

Katya Reimann
Nov 24, 20181 min read
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Snail Mail
I like writing letters as well as receiving them. Yes, it takes time to complete a drawing, even a quick sketch like this, and then to...

Katya Reimann
May 1, 20181 min read
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Local History
I've learned about this building by several names: the Paul Martin House, the Riverside Hospital, and now the Saint Paul German hospital....

Katya Reimann
Oct 7, 20161 min read
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Past Lives, circa 1991
Ah, the delightful grubbiness of it! The English taking their club minutes seriously... How I ended up Secretary of this lot, I...

Katya Reimann
Oct 6, 20161 min read
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