Cathy Lubke, a native of Burkett, Texas has been an active painter since 1979. She resides in San Angelo, Texas with her husband Norman. They have two children Kellye and Chris. Cathy has degrees from Angelo State University; where she majored in English, history, education, and art. After teaching in the public schools at the elementary, secondary, and college levels, she began teaching studio art classes privately in 1986 and she has taught many painting workshops all over the southwest. Much of Cathy’s work includes the effects of luminous light as it magically appears in nature. An observer of the land and animals around her, she is familiar with their natural characteristics and habits. Painting for almost 20 years, she likes to continue abstract design elements with the landscape of the southwest. Her paintings are generally are of small intimate reflections of the everyday life around her, but a few larger pieces reflect the grandeur that is the southwest. Cathy has been in numerous juried shows and exhibitions across the United States and continues to share her love of the rural southwest though her paintings.