I took a wonderful trip last March to Paso Robles to meet a friend for wine country tasting and food indulging! I took the train from...

My Painting “Spring Stride” won the Peoples Choice Award for Sunday June 21 – Fathers Day – at the San Diego County Fair! I was so...

This month I have been working hard on paintings from my trip to Paso Robles, here are a few I finished up! <a...

Friday, June 12 from 5 – 7pm paintings by Cathy Carey Encinitas City Hall Civic Center Gallery 505 S. Vulcan Avenue Encinitas, CA...

Visiting Santa Fe is alway a high point for the year. Such a beautiful place full of unique painting opportunities.  The light and colors...

I was contacted by Dave Bown Projects, davebownprojects.com/about.html to enter a contest with very good prize money and recognition. I...

Encinitas, CA – Reception June 12th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Cathy Carey show Vivid Views at Encinitas City Hall show runs May 8 – July 2,...

Spring Stride 24″ x 30″ oil painting by Cathy Carey ©2015 Sketches I do a lot of drawings of animals in my sketchbook and then choose one...

One of the things I do in preparation of my twice yearly benefit for the San Diego Human Society – is create unique pieces of art jewelry...

I’ve painted many pictures of my succulent garden, these feature a coyote that lives on the hill. At night I hear, the coyote family...

As the date for my Garden Studio tour, quickly approaches I have been very busy but also very excited for the outcome! Here are a couple...

Every spring on the last weekend of April,  Escondido artist Cathy Carey produces this event as a benefit for the San Diego Humane...

Bicycle Murano by Cathy Carey Pastel 16 x 20 Traveling on the canal waterways of Venice you discover how beautiful the most simple things...

For the last 15 years I’ve gone to Santa Fe, every summer to teach painting  work shops. While I’m in Santa Fe, I see beautiful...

My garden in Southern California where the drought has made itself a home, used to be lush with Mediterranean flowering plants! Once we...

I have been creating my style from many different elements. I have been inspired by Monet, Matisse, and Van Gogh. If you look at my...

I love the beach. I moved from Virginia to be near the beach in California, and for a few years I actually did live near the beach in...

One of the places I love to go visit and paint is the desert outside San Diego. Going a little north and east is the Palm Desert area and...

Coyote Joy close up – 36 x 36 oil painting by Cathy Carey I love painting animals and their relationship to the environment. I like to...

Take a colorful trip from my garden outside San Diego to Santa Fe and back to the desert of California in Rancho Mirage! The first two...