From the Garden
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This watercolour was painted in 2026 on Arches paper. This watercolour has been framed with archival materials and 99% UV protective glass. The framed dimensions are 40 x 31 in.
ARTIST STATEMENT -
My choice of subjects is one of the most important elements in my work. Flowers can evoke a season, a garden, or a particular summer. Watercolour suits my exploration because of its intimacy and its ability to work in great detail. I work in the realist tradition, looking closely at the shape, surface, colour and small imperfections of each subject. But the purpose of that close observation is not simply to reproduce what I see, but to delight in the intrinsic beauty of my subjects. The paintings are therefore both portraits and still lifes. They are portraits of things, but also of the people, places and memories that surround them.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY -
Cathy Ross was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick in a home where art and creativity were at the very heart of family life. She studied art at Mount Allison University and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. After graduating in 1982, and having been awarded an Elizabeth T. Greenshields spent the next 10 years as a print maker in studios in Calgary, AB; Providence, Rhode Island; and Halifax, NS. During this time, she felt herself drawn to the still life genre and the medium of watercolour, allowing her to explore the complexities of colour and pattern that so intrigued her.
Since 1981, Cathy has garnered several awards and grants and her work has been exhibited in both Canada and the United States and is in several public and private permanent collections across Canada including Memorial University, Newfoundland; New Brunswick Museum, Saint John; The Banff Centre, Alberta; The Burnaby Art Gallery, British Columbia; Dofasco Inc., Hamilton; and The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa. Stepping back from her work to raise her children in 1995, she has returned in the last few years to continue to pursue her passionate exploration of the genre in uniquely innovative ways. Cathy lives with her husband Bruce Taylor, a sculptor and University of Waterloo fine arts professor, and her four children in Waterloo, Ontario.
