Although drawing and painting were a major part of Cathy’s life through early college, she devoted many years to two other interesting career fields, education and law. She did not begin to paint with passion until 2002 almost 25 years later. At that time her medium was solely watercolor. A difficult and unforgiving medium, it received her total attention. She studied with nationally known artists such as Judi Betts, Mel Stabin, Barbara Nechis and Pat Fiorello. Cathy painted and taught school until her youngest daughter went to college, then she began to travel around the southeast exhibiting her work in juried art shows. In 2006, during a summer vacation in Brazil and Argentina, she became wildly inspired to paint abstract images using oils. She is currently exploring and developing her oil painting technique with abstract and representational subjects. Earlier this year, Cathy moved her studio from her home to Art Space International, an artist community in Atlanta where about 25 artists have their own workspace and galleries.