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Cathy is the Director of the Art Department and Professor of Art at South
Florida Community College's Avon Park campus where she teaches drawing,
design, painting, watercolor, pottery and art history. She also teaches
classes in North Carolina, where she spends some time in summer.
She has traveled extensively throughout the United
States and Europe visiting art museums, sketching and painting on
location. Places visited include Greece and Egypt, Spain, Peru, Italy,
England, France, Switzerland, Ireland, Mexico and Costa Rica.
She lives in Frostproof, Florida with her husband,
daughter and son.
Cathy's Current Exhibit at the Gallery features windows from Paris to
Madrid.
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Painting from the Big Cypress Series
Painting from the Big Cypress Series
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Business Achievements
Created 101 Art Lessons Notebook 2005, a resource for the art teacher
Higher Ed division Outstanding Art Teacher of the Year award 2004
Presidents Award (SFCC) 2002-2003
Faculty Performance Incentive Award 2000
Teacher of the Year, SFCC, 1999
Teacher of the Year, Frostproof Elementary School, 1993
Teacher of the Year, Asheboro City Schools, 1982
Young Career Woman of the Year, Business and Professional Woman’s Club of
Asheboro, 1981Award-Winning Artist
President's Award, 41st Annual Highlands Art Festival, 2007
First Place, Watercolor Sebring Art Show 2004
Workshop instructor for Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, 2002, 2003 and 2004
First Place, Bok Tower Gardens Poster Competition
Selected for Florida Watercolor Annual exhibit, 1994 and 1999
Selected for Ridge Artisans Gallery; Lake Wales, FL, 1990, 1989, 1987
received honorable mention
First Place, Sebring Art Show, 1989; honorable mention, 1988
Honorable Mention, Lake Wales Art Show, 1988
First Place, Randolph Art Guild Show, 1985
Second Place, Central Carolina Art Show, 1984
Second Place, Randolph Arts Guild Show, 1983
Most Outstanding Randolph County Artist, 1982
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"During the past 20 years, I have had the opportunity to
study with watercolor artists Alex Powers, Miles Batts, Frank Webb, David
Reece, Catherin Lui, Barbara Nechis, Joe Miller, Christopher Schink, and
Pat Weaver by attending workshops held in North Carolina, Florida and
Tennessee.."
Artist's Statement:
"The watercolors I have painted tend to express the
Florida landscape or the landscape seen from a boat. Sometimes my
watercolors are created from interesting photos I have made from my
travels to North Carolina or abroad. I have also used the bird images that
photographer Rick Rose sells to me with permission to copy in watercolor.
My acrylics, which I enjoy doing as plein aire work, I
mostly create in the mountains of NC during the summer months I spend
there. I enjoy so much the water of creeks and the vistas of the
mountains.
Most of my prints are made from my watercolor images;
birds, some popular architectural renderings as seen in NC, and Florida
landscapes, such as the series from the Big Cypress Reserve."
Cathy painting at Sebring High School during "Art Day"
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