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Friday, 5 February 2010 - Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Italian Scenes of Cinque Terre and Tuscany, Acrylic and Watercolour
Exhibition opening Fri 5th Feb 5pm, see you there!!
Cathy has been interested in drawing, painting and making marks on surfaces ever since she was a pre-schooler and used crayon on her mother’s new wallpaper ... Growing –up in southern California, she enjoyed summer school classes in drawing, ceramics, painting and art appreciation. “One of my favorite pastimes was to visit local art galleries and view student shows at the local public library in Santa Barbara, where I got inspiration and delight from viewing other artists. “ Cathy studied art at Santa Barbara City College, and has taken classes over the years from many tutors in California and New Zealand...Cathy and husband Paul plus dog Boomer have enjoyed living in Northland for 22 years... She has an art studio at their home in Parua Bay “that is my re-creation space , and I love pottering around with paint, sewing , basketry etc....”
Cathy Torvik’s ART Biography
Cathy Torvik has been a Whangarei resident with her family for 22 years, and was raised and educated in California....
Ever since she was a pre-schooler , she has enjoyed making marks on surfaces and decorated her mothers new wall paper in the family dining room with crayons when she was 4 years old !
After high school, she majored in art, and attended art courses in painting, ceramics, sketching and art appreciation in her home town, Santa Barbara.
Over the years she has enjoyed discovering her particular style, by attending classes and workshops in drawing and painting in California and New Zealand, with Robert Frame, Pat Brant-Ericksen, Buck Paulson, Bill Parkes, Aroha, Ann Luiten, James Lawrence , Bevan Fidler, John Lovett, Carole Prentice, Sheryl O’Gorman, Trisha Culina, and the help & encouragement of other family and Friends..
Anticipating her 60th birthday, her husband Paul said “ why don’t you go to Italy and paint, as you have been wanting to for years.” so, she found a tour with John Lovett tutoring in watercolour techniques in plein air. Thirty-three painters from around the world met and spent 12 days painting together, 6 days in CinqueTerre Region and 6 days in Tuscany; Massa Maritima, San Gimignano , and Sienna.
I hope you enjoy my travelogue-style exhibition of water colours, and acrylic paintings ...
“ I do enjoy expressionistic–style brush work, and visual shapes and colours playing with each other.” “ I want to convey by my sometimes random, quirky perspectives , that it is good to exercize and practice seeing things in life from another persons viewpoint... or way of seeing.”
Northland Craft Trust. 21 Selwyn Avenue, Whangarei. Phone: (09) 438 1215
http://quarryarts.org/
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