EDUCATION

1990 - 1994 - BA Fine Art, Rhodes University. Painting & English Literature.

2003/4/7/8 - The Painting School of Montmirail, SW France.
Two weeks each summer under the tutorage of colour theorist Francis Pratt.

2008 - Gary Wragg workshop. 'Exploring the Legacy of Matisse'
Two weeks at Matisse's former studio ‘Villa La Reve’ near Nice.

EXPERIENCE

After moving to London in the mid-nineties Cathy worked as a designer and art director in book publishing before moving to the North Norfolk coast in 2001 to paint full-time.

An invitation to be a resident artist at the Painting School of Montmirail in the South West of France (near Toulouse) for the summer of 2003 enabled her to develop her life-long interest in colour. There she studied colour theory and especially the rich chromatics of Bonnard and Matisse.

For many summers thereafter Cathy returned to this beautiful rural region of France in her red royal mail postal van to explore the landscape ‘en plein air’. In 2008, she stayed at Matisse's former home and studio ‘Villa La Reve’ near Nice, where she explored the legacy of Matisse under the guidance of the British colourist Gary Wragg.

Cathy returned to South Africa in 2008 and had her debut solo show at the Irma Stern Museum in Cape Town in October 2009.

SOLO AND TWO-MAN EXHIBTIONS

2010 'Bloom', Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch (with Zelda Weber)
2009 'Duende', Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town
2009 'Still life', Regatta Fine Art, Norfolk (with Chloe Mandy)
2008 'Nuit du Midi', Louise Dear Gallery, Totnes, Devon
2007 'Shades of Grey', Warham House, Norfolk
2006 'Shades of Autumn’, Withers Gallery, Itteringham, Norfolk
2005 'Spell of winter', Big Blue Sky, Norfolk
2005 'Land to Sea' Capel Manor, Tunbridge Wells
2004 'Coast', Big Blue Sky, Norfolk (with Chloe Mandy)
2003 'Fields of France', Baroque Gallery, Norfolk
2002 'Bloomsbury Summer', Miv Watts Design, Norfolk.

GALLERIES

South Africa:
Irma Stern Museum, Rosebank, Cape Town
Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch
Gallery at Grande Provence, Franschhoek
Kalk Bay Modern, Kalk Bay, Cape Town
Cedar Tree Gallery, Rodwell House, St James, Cape Town
These Four Walls, Observatory, Cape Town
In-Fin-Art, Wynberg, Cape Town
Carol Lee Fine Art, Jo'Burg
Junction Art Gallery, Daifern, Jo'burg
The Potter's Shop, Kalk Bay
Scarlett Gallery, Greyton

England:
Affordable Art Fair, London
Rowley Gallery, Kensington Church Street, London
Grapevine Gallery, Norwich
Spa Galleries, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells
Strand Gallery, Aldeburgh Suffolk
The Cross shop, Holland Park, London
A&C Gallery, Greenwich, London
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Withers Gallery, Itteringham, Norfolk
Louise Dear Gallery, Totnes, Devon
Regatta Fine Art, Burnham Market, Norfolk
Big Blue Sky, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Doric Art Gallery, Holt, Norfolk


STOCKISTS

South Africa:
Mythology, Cape Town. Contact: 021 7883387

England:
Miv Watts, Norfolk. Contact: 01328 730 313, mivwatts@btconnect.com
Ali Tollemache, Hampshire
Gill Stewart, Kent

PRESS
 
Oct 2009 - SA Art Times (double page feature)
Aug 2010 - SA Art Times (featured in Kalk Bay supplement)

PRINT
 
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