Painting is a work of spirit… a dance, if you will, that allows me to feel and express a wide range of emotions. I bring to the easel my life’s experiences, past and present, as well as my dreams for tomorrow. There are sweet, slow dance days when I become so absorbed in my work that it is meditative; and other days when the energy in my soul demands a tango on the canvas. So it is that my current body of work includes pieces that are realistic images using extensive blending as well as pieces that are abstracts with bold color and texture. I hope these paintings speak to that which is human in us, from the soft, tender places to the raw, edgy spots and in so doing invite viewers to engage in a personal interpretative journey.
 

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
Henry Ward Beecher

Although drawing and painting were a major part of Cathy’s life through early college, she spent many years devoted to two other interesting careers, education and law. She did not begin to paint with passion until 2002 almost 25 years later. At that time her medium was solely watercolor. A difficult and unforgiving medium, it received her total attention. She studied with nationally known artists such as Judi Betts, Mel Stabin, Barbara Nechis and Pat Fiorello. Cathy painted and taught school until her youngest daughter went to college, then she began to travel around the southeast exhibiting her work in juried art shows. During a summer vacation in Brazil and Argentina, she became wildly inspired to paint abstract images using oils. She is currently exploring and developing her oil painting technique with abstract and representational subjects. In 2007, Cathy moved her studio from her home to Art Space International, an artist community in Atlanta where about 25 artists have their own workspaces and galleries. Cathy's watercolor and oil paintings are in many private home collections across the United States.



Art Space International in Atlanta, Georgia (oil and watercolor works) www.artspaceatl.com
Garden of the Dragonfly in Old Town Spring, Texas (watercolor works) www.oldtownspring.com/shop_listing.php

boswell Gallery in Decatur, Georgia www.boswellgallery.com

Watson Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia www.watsongallery.net