"As an artist I have transitioned from realistic painting to one led by intuition, where I focus on capturing the essence of the natural world around me in a more fluid and expressive manner. This shift to an abstraction of nature in my works allows the viewer to experience the movement and emotions that simply cannot be captured through realism." Born in Michigan to artistic parents, Catherine has been creating art her entire life. She has explored many mediums such as china painting, watercolors, oils, pastels, airbrushing, printmaking, and sculpture. Impressionist nature in watercolor is her current subject and medium of choice. Catherine attended Lansing Community College in 1990 - 1993 and received associate degrees in commercial art as well as fine arts. Her passion and talent for creating wildlife art, landed her the 2013 Individual Artist Grant through the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, and as a result, Catherine became Potter Park Zoo's artist-in-residence in Lansing, Michigan, where she held wildlife painting classes that were accessible to all ages. She also completed a series of paintings of ten of the zoo’s animals and held an exhibition of those works in the fall of 2013. Among other projects, in 2014 Catherine was asked to spearhead a project at the Ingham, Eaton & Clinton Community Health Facility for their Creative Recovery Program. She designed and created a project to paint a large oak tree mural to be a permanent installation in the CMH lobby, 15 to 20 adult disabled consumers were involved in the painting of the mural. This project was completed in September 2014. In 2017, Catherine received the Artist in the Community grant from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing with which she developed the “Art Has No Barriers” program. The program reaches out to students regardless of their age or ability. She finds joy in helping them express their emotions and share their stories. Catherine’s intent through this program is to build bridges and encourage students to see commonalities between themselves and others, regardless of abilities. These classes are held at the Lansing Art Gallery in downtown Lansing, Michigan. Currently Catherine is creating art in her studio in Fruitport Michigan. Her art has been accepted into numerous museums and galleries across Michigan.