STONE BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA "I am honored to be represented by Mountain Galleries. Our shared love of art has connected us with passionate collectors for over 25 years, and it’s been a fantastic journey. I look forward to continuing our partnership and placing my sculptures in the homes of art lovers around the world." As the daughter of renowned Canadian sculptor Fran Jenkins, Cathryn Jenkins grew up immersed in the world of sculpture. Spending countless hours in her mother’s studio, she learned to appreciate the unique qualities of different stones and developed a deep understanding of the relationship between artist and medium. Influenced by her mother, as well as Inuit and American sculptors, Cathryn has cultivated her own distinct style of representational forms that combine the pleasure of touch with the elegance of strong lines. This skillful fusion of key elements consistently shines through in her work, resulting in timeless, unmatched pieces of art. Cathryn’s sculptures are crafted from stone hand-quarried in British Columbia, including marble, alabaster, serpentine, and soapstone. Each type of stone possesses unique qualities that are revealed through the artist’s meticulous process using hammer and chisel, diamond blades, rasps, files, and her discerning eye. The result is a flowing agility, powerful lines, and a lustrous natural surface that invites touch. These sculptures are designed to be experienced tactilely, becoming integral to the living spaces they inhabit and forming familiar presences that develop a deep connection with those who live with them. Cathryn’s wildlife sculptures are highly sought after and hold places of pride in many private and corporate collections. Serpentine Stone A unique deposit of serpentine stone in central British Columbia provides an exceptional medium for Cathryn's sculpting. Millions of years ago, deep within the Earth, a mass of peridotite metamorphosed into black and blue-grey serpentine with a high content of iron-carbonate. Hot fluids then partially transformed the iron-carbonate serpentine into a golden-brown iron-rich marble—anchorite—with chlorite and talc as the main accessory minerals. Some of the serpentine remained unchanged, resulting in a stone that features black, blue-grey, gold, and splashes of green—all sometimes within the same piece.