Biography/Statement
Artist Biography/Statement
Catherine has spent her entire life exploring the visual arts in unique and creative ways. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Catherine attended Teacher's College in Lausanne where she earned her degree in Children's Pedagogy.
In 1983, Catherine arrived in Canada to stay and often credits the country's accepting atmosphere with giving her the confidence and freedom to explore her imagination. Catherine’s creative energy defines how she interprets the world and approaches her life. She turned her family's year-long tour of the Pacific into three coffee table travel books.
Her decade-long experience teaching children through the arts found expression in the five children's books she wrote and illustrated.
In recent years, Catherine has turned her creativity to painting with acrylic and mixed media. She paints and leaves in North Vancouver with her husband and her two children.
In the past 4 years, Catherine has been painting with a group of 5 women called 5enses and is stimulated by all that positive energy that it gives her. She is passionate about the process of painting with a focus on colours.
Artist statement
My passion to create abstract paintings is the way I have found to share my inner sense of the world.
I paint intuitively, with gusto. Abstract work is liberating and is my passion. I see the world in colours, forms and shapes, and I apply acrylic paint freely onto the canvas. I also seek to evoke mystery and intrigue in my paintings. My emotions guide me into the painting and take over until I feel the work is complete.
With my energy, life experience and emotions set to burst, I was compelled to start painting. Creative expression through teaching art, writing children’s books, quilting and making pottery was no longer fulfilling. World travel has also been a source of inspiration and has redirected my energy and creativity into abstract and semi abstract work.
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