Catherine is a formally trained professional artist who graduated from the Fine Arts Department, Drawing and Painting of the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2000.
﻿Catherine was born in Lancashire, England and now resides with her family in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. She taught Visual Arts in an Independent School for 17 years.
Catherine’s passions include painting using oil, acrylic and watercolour. While landscape painting has been her main focus over the past seventeen years she also completes life studies and portraits. In landscape painting Catherine draws inspiration from the Ottawa Valley and her travels including; Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. She is interested in capturing a moment in time or creating a mood through the use of colour and movement. Skies are important in her landscape paintings and Catherine uses the element of weather to help enhance the mood.
Catherine is not limited to landscapes and has recently been working on life studies and portraits of humans and horses. “I began working on portraits years ago for a friend who was fundraising to aid children who were suffering from the repercussions of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl”. Since completing these works for this charitable cause Catherine has completed work and donated funds she raised to; Free the Children, a local Pony Club, CARD, World Vision, WWF, Sick Kids, as well as an independent school.
Most recently Catherine is exploring life studies. "Life drawing is my ultimate passion." "I use charcoal and conte to illuminate the figure and muscles. I enjoy the tactile feeling of this medium as I move it over the paper".