Catherine
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | artist/instructor |
| Location | Buckeye, AZ, United States |
| Introduction | I am an artist who lives, works and teaches in the Phoenix area of AZ. I have earned two Master of Fine Arts degrees, one at San Diego State University and one at Otis Institute of the Arts in L.A., CA. I was lucky to study Renaissance painting in Florence, Italy. In graduate school I had a part-time job working on a sports scuba diving boat where I explored many of the beautiful coves along the pacific coast of Baja Mexico. I later lived in a pine forest in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California where my husband and I raised our two sons. We had bears, foxes, and plenty of deer for our neighbors. It is all of these experiences that inform my drawings and paintings. I work in oil paints as well as charcoal and simple graphite pencils. I teach at a college where I hope my students learn as much from me as I do from them. |
| Interests | Hiking, photography, gardening, swimming, travel, just hanging out..... |
| Favorite movies | The Third Man, Charlie Wilson's War, Pirates of the Caribbean, Bagger Vance, Amadeus, the old version of Treasure Island. |
| Favorite music | Vivaldi, Bach, Eric Clapton, Salsa, Gnarls Barkley, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, guitarist, Peter Green. |
| Favorite books | Ahabs Wife or The Star Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund, The Thich Nhat Hanh Collection, Michelangelo and The Pope's Ceiling by Ross King, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hasseini |