About the Artist
Paintings in Oil
"For the Quiet Spirit"
Catherine lives in Taos, NM after bouncing between Albuquerque and Denver for many years. She grew up as an Army Brat living all over the world, but spent her formative years in the quiet and earthiness of the New Mexico desert. Living in the creative town of Taos was always the goal after retirement, and she and her husband are finally there. Catherine is taking advantage of the beautiful skies, a serene tree-lined street, and a wonderful studio to paint daily.
Catherine found her way into the professional arts after investing twenty-five years in a Computer Science career, then another ten years in Graphic Design. Like so many latent artists, Design led to the desire to create directly and tactilely, without a computer. Her path finally brought her to oil painting, where she will happily remain.
Catherine is inspired by the southwest “high desert.” She paints in plein air weekly, and in her studio the rest of the time. When she’s traveling the roads and mountains of New Mexico (and beyond), she’s aware of her surroundings: the animals she sees, the landscape they live in, and the architecture of the places she visits.
It gives her great joy to capture the feeling she gets when she sees the wild horses roaming the roads of northern New Mexico. Catherine was also a dressage rider and horse owner for many years. She understands the strength, agility, and conformation of the horse, plus the amazing feeling of having a 1500 pound animal under the control of her lightest touch. The horses still leave her breathless witnessing their rambunctious play when they’re feeling frisky.
The other animals Catherine likes to portray, she sees in her daily life in Taos and beyond. The coyotes, deer, cows, sheep, crows, and geese inform her everyday life, and make her wanderings around Taos more interesting, and herself part of the larger ecosystem. These lives ground her, and make her life and artistic expression a soft and peaceful one.
Member of
American Impressionist Society (AIS)
Plein Air Artists of New Mexico (PAPNM)
Plein Air Artists of Taos
HighLine Painters of Colorado
East Studio Art League, Taos, New Mexico
Juried Shows
May 2024 EL Blumenschein Museum , Taos, New Mexico
May 2022 EL Blumenschein Museum , Taos, New Mexico
June 2016 Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, Colorado
May 2015 Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition, Colorado Gallery of the Arts
December 2012 Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition, Colorado Gallery of the Arts,
"Old Stone Church" Watercolor, Selected for the President's Gallery, Arapahoe Community College
Other Shows
July 2025 Taos Plein Air Painters' Annual Show, Stables Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
February 2025 2025 Miniatures Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
August 2024 Taos Plein Air Painters' Annual Show, Stables Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
August 2023 Taos Plein Air Painters' Annual Show, Stables Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
August 2022 Taos Plein Air Painters' Annual Show, Stables Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
September 2021 Taos Fall Arts Festival, 205 Don Fernando St, Taos, New Mexico
August 2021 Taos Plein Air Painters' Annual Show, Stables Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
July 2019 Wild Rivers Plein Air Festival, Questa, New Mexico
May 2019 Oil Painters of America Wet Paint Show, St George, Utah
February 2019 East Studio Art League Winter Exhibition and Sale, EL Blumenschein Home & Museum
February 2019 2019 Miniatures Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
September 2018 Taos Plein Air Painters' Annual Show, Trading Post Cafe, Taos, New Mexico
June 2017 Littleton Plein Air Festival, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, Colorado
June 2016 Littleton Plein Air Festival, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, Colorado
March 2016 Art on the Edge Gallery, Greater Castle Rock Art Guild, Castle Rock, Colorado
January 2015 Pastel Society of Colorado Member Show, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
