Contact Cathy Carey
Phone: 760-489-9109   Email: cathy@artstudiosandiego.com   Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ArtStudioSanDiego
Located in Southwest Escondido near Del Dios Highway and Via Rancho Parkway
All images and text are Copyright 2011, Cathy Carey, San Diego, CA. All rights reserved.

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About Cathy Carey

 

Technique

I enjoy working in a series. I go to a place, take photos, paint on location, write thoughts and words about how the place "feels" to me. I am driven to enhance the color of the scene in order to express my emotional memories of the moment. I am drawn to images of fleeting moments, the patterns and textures of light, the illumination and shape of objects. Something about a scene I choose to paint is at once compelling to me and part of an everyday encounter.

My foremost interest in painting is the effective use of color in creating emotional and visual depth. When people look at my paintings, I think the first thing they notice is the vibrant color. I'm not even sure I see color in the same way as everyone else. Does everyone perceive the world in terms of the language of color? It's a wonderful paradox to ponder - what color do you "see", what color do I "see", what color is "real"?

 

The Philosophy

My personal philosophy of color is to express emotional meaning through color. I believe this is the purpose of art, to express the story of being alive at a particular time. Art is the physical manifestation of the emotional and spiritual nature of an artist's response to the world around them, and the world within them.

Throughout the years I've worked in all media and I've researched and studied the many ways color is used to express emotion, perspective, and temperature. From my research I teach classes on Color Theory and wrote a workbook for my students called 'The Philosophy of Color', published in 2004.

 

The Background

I was born in Washington, DC. and educated at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC, I received a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. I have exhibited my paintings in galleries in Virginia and California, and my paintings are in many private collections. My teaching career includes being an instructor of Color Theory at The Art Institute of California in San Diego, workshops in Santa Fe, NM, Pasadena, CA, at the Golden Door, Escondido, CA and at my studio in Escondido, CA .

My paintings have won numerous awards from juried shows such as: The San Diego Pastel Society, The Escondido Municipal Gallery, San Dieguito Art Guild  And San Diego Watercolor Society. I have been included in Who's Who in the World as well as Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Education.

 

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Resume

 

EDUCATION

Corcoran School of Art, 

Washington, D.C. 

 

Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA, 

Painting and Printmaking, National Dean’s List - 4 years

 

San Diego State University - 

Graphics courses 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

REPRESENTATION 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

 

GROUP SHOWS

2006 - 2011

 

SHOWS PRIOR TO 1998

 

PUBLICITY

 

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

 

PUBLISHED WORK

 

CATHY CAREY WORKSHOPS 

 

 

BLOGS 

                               

 

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Articles by Cathy Carey

 

 

    Art and Nature at the Elfin Forest

 

 

    Art and Reality

 

 

    Cathy Carey’s Art Studio and Garden Tour April 24th and 25th

 

 

    RSF Art Guild Members Open Studios for Holiday Tours

 

 

    Survival in a Slowing Economy

 

 

    Realism, Magic Realism and Representational Art in Rancho Santa Fe

 

 

    Modern Interpretations of Impressionist Painting by San Diego Artists

 

 

    Three Dimensional Art in Glass, Fiber and Bronze

 

 

    Self Induced Inspiration - Local artists who look inside for image and identity

 

 

    The History and Hype of Giclee: From Gutenberg to Grahm Nash

 

 

    It takes a Village to Bring you Community Art

 

 

    Representational Art - Still Around?

 

 

    How We Communicate with Art

 

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