This image is a small version of an illustration I am currently working on. It is based on a 1916 painting called, A Tale from the Decameron, by John William Waterhouse, an English painter famous for his paintings of women in scenes inspired by mythology and romantic literature. Storytelling, stories, and narrative play are long-held ethnographic interests. See About Me for more.

Welcome to My Site

This site showcases visual artifacts illustrating work I've done in my years in southern California.

You can read more about my work, download versions of my Resume and Curriculum Vitae, browse through my USC Project Portfolio, view photographs and read some short fiction pieces. More writing samples (non-fiction) are coming.

Certain parts of this site do not work correctly with some browsers. Please use Mozilla Firefox, Opera, or Safari to view this site (all available as free downloads). As I've been unable to resolve issues pertaining to the use of Spry widgets with IE 7, I've begun rebuilding the site using Flex. For more about the technologies used in this site, see About KatesWork.com.

Updated: November 17, 2008

As I continue to update this site, I'll note changes here. Stay tuned...