About:
Cathy was born in Manchester and trained at The City and Guilds of London School of Art and The Royal Academy Schools where she received several awards. She works from her studio in Bristol.
Her work is informed by her rigorous training in observational painting and drawing and she exploits this skill in her paintings in a lyrical, expressive way. This is evident in her recent whimsical, colourful still life paintings, depicting robots and plastic toys and in her delicate flower studies in egg tempera.
With a wide interest in and knowledge of art history she is influenced by the themes and techniques of figurative egg tempera artists such as Ben Shan, Bernard Perlin and George Tooker.
Cathy’s paintings are in many private collections both here and in America. She was selected in 2022 for the RWA, the ING Discerning Eye and for the 2023 Royal Academy Summer exhibition. Green and Stone Gallery Chelsea have selected White Flowers for their summer show 2023 and 2 works were selected by Tony Adams for the ING 2023 show. In 2024 Cathy was selected for the Royal Watercolour Society Open and the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition.
Selected Group Shows
2024 Royal Watercolour Society Open
2024 New English Art Club
2023 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition(2 works selected)
2023 the gallery at Green and Stone Chelsea, Summer exhibtion
2023 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2022 RWA 169th Open
2022 ING Discerning Eye London
2015 Sidcot Arts Centre Somerset
2007 Sidcot Arts Centre Somerset
2004 South West Arts trail
2004 Salisbury Playhouse -Four Salisbury Artists
2004 Graham Oliver Gallery Salisbury. Solo exhibition, sponsored by South West Arts
2003 The Quarr gallery, Swanage
2001 c21 Watercolour exhibition Bankside gallery
1998 Look Gallery, York
1997 Moreton Street Gallery Pimlico
1997 Gardens Exhibition at the Museum of Salisbury
1997 Royal Academy Summer Show
1996 Salisbury Hospital open art exhibition
1996 Gallery 10, Knightsbridge
1993, 1995 Royal Watercolour Society
1991 Alison House appeal auction, Norland Place School
1991 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour
1990 Finalist Spectator watercolour competition and exhibition
1989 Finalist Sunday Times watercolour competition and exhibition
1987 GLC South Bank
1986 The Spirit of London exhibition
1985 Arthur Young Industrial Sponsors, (selected by Carel Weight)
1985 Royal Academy Summer Show
1985 Christies Inaugural, the pick of the new
1983 the Whitworth art gallery Manchester, Northern Young
Contemporaries
1983 Royal Academy Schools graduate show
1982 Royal Academy Schools Premiums
Work in several private collections, here and in America. In the public
collections of St. Thomas’s Hospital, London and Leicestershire County
Council’s collection for schools and colleges. Catherine has undertaken
several commissions, particularly of portrait/family groups.
Awards
Royal Academy Schools MA Painting
1983 RA Diploma Exhibition prize, made Freeman of the Guild of Painter Stainers, followed by Freeman of the city of London.
1982 International Artists in Watercolour, highly commended prize.
1981, 1982 Rodney Burn Royal Academy academic drawing prize.
1982 van Buren Bevan bursary.
1980 Elizabeth Wellcomen fees bursary.
City and Guilds School of Art BA Painting
1980 Philip Connard Travel Award
1980 City and Guilds School of Art watercolour prize
1980 1st painting prize City and Guilds of London
1979 British Institute Award prize
Teaching
2007 - 2021 Teacher of Fine Art, Sidcot school (Quaker, boarding, 11-18)
Also co-curricular workshops in egg tempera, life drawing, wood
engraving and International summer school each year teaching oil painting and etching.
2005 PGCE Bristol. Secondary teacher training.
1997 - 2002 St. Martins primary school, Salisbury.
1987 - 1992 Norland Place school, Holland Park. Teacher of art, prep school.
1983 -1986 St. Aloysius boys school Highgate London. Teacher of art.
Workshops and art clubs
1988 -1997 Catherine ran a popular art club for children and adults from her studio in London W12.
1997 - 2004 Catherine ran a popular art club in Salisbury including
residential art courses for children from London.