Cathy studied art at University of California, Santa Barbara and after earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science from San Jose State University advanced her art interest by studying evenings while employed in graphic design at local computer companies.
The dot.com bust in 2001 made jobs scarce in her field so she retrained in massage therapy and now practices in Palo Alto and is employed at a local spa.
As a teenager Cathy studied with Pat Frey of Hillsborough and received encouragement to continue in school. Later she used design and illustration skills while employed at various computer companies including Apple Computer, Inc., Synopsys, Inc., and 3Com
Corporation, Inc.
Local artists she studied with include Catherine Bazak, Bart Depalma, Jim Smyth, Anita Hampton, Rebecca Alzonfon and Camille Przewodek. Nationally recognized artists include Kevin MacPherson, David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw and Morgan Samuel Price.
Since 2001 Cathy has focused on color in landscape painting. This ‘colorist school’ emerged out of the Cape Cod School in Providence, Massachusetts, started by William Merritt Chase and continued by Charles Hawthorne and later Henry Henche.
"I draw my inspiration from my painting colleagues, nature and writings of Robert Henri and John Carlson."
A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Cathy has shown locally at the Pacific Art League, Palo Alto; Menlo Art League, Menlo Park; Art Academy, San Francisco, and William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station.
She is in private collections in San Francisco, Portland Oregon and Portola Valley.
Exhibitions and Honors:
Menlo Art League Annual Juried Show, 2007.
Award: "Best of Show".
Currently on exhibit through October ' 07. Menlo Park Library.
Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, Plein Air Invitational 2007. 8/10 to 9/17.
Morro Bay Art Association
Second Place. One of 115 pieces selected from 327 entries.
Two paintings accepted, "Eucalyptus" and "Ocean Scene"
Frank Bette Center for the Arts, July 19 - 23, Alameda, CA.
Paint Out Competition and auction.
Four of Cathy's paintings were selected to be on view through end of August.
www. frankbettecenter.org
California Savings Bank, Menlo Park. May/June 2006
Paintings on display.
Los Gatos Art Association , Los Gatos. March/April 2006
Juried Show Acceptance, "Pescadero Sun" on display.
American Impressionist Society, Inc., March 2006
Juried Show Acceptance, "Eucaluptus" on display at Newport Center for Arts, Rockport, TX.
Menlo Art League, Menlo Park, Annual Show, November 2005
First Place, oil.
Invitiation Paint Out, Hidden Villa, Los Altos, August 2005
Honorable Mention
Invitiation Paint Out, William Lester Gallery Point Reyes Station. 2005
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Society of Western Artists Annual Show, 2004
Honorable Mention
Represented by William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station, Point Reyes.
Member
Verde Artist Guild, Signature Member
Menlo Art League
American Impressionist Society
Laguna Plein Air Association
Society of Western Artists