Katherine Strause is shown with some of the works that will be featured in "Fierce Women: Paintings by Katherine Strause," which opens today at the Windgate Gallery of Art and Design at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Sean Clancy) On the fourth floor of St. Joseph Center in North Little Rock, in what was once dorm room for boys, is a 1,200-square-foot studio occupied by artist Katherine Strause.The Already a subscriber? Log in!