Alaska 2006 Sketchbook – Vancouver Island I was last in Alaska in 2006 to take a cruise through the Northwest Passage. It was incredibly...

I was in an art show at the Escondido Municipal Gallery called “Summation”. It is the Escondido Arts Partnership’s annual year-end juried...

I was honored last month to judge the North County Society of Fine Arts (NCSFA) – annual show at the Poway Performing Arts Center. A...

My new website, Steampunk Jewelry,  showcasing my hand painted, collaged and beaded jewelry is now live! What an amazing amount of work,...

I was honored to jury the February 2014 show for the North County Society of Fine Arts in January.  I was so impressed with the quality...

The fall was a slow time to get a lot done on my paintings. I started a few and worked as much as I could but remodeling a condo took the...

My succulent garden continues to provide me with endless hours of  work and Inspiration! I’ve finished  the winter  re-build of the...

Free Shipping on all Jewelry ordered today! Call me 760-489-9109 or email to order cathy@artstudiosandiego.com View more of my jewelry at...

I had the great fortune to be allowed to paint in the gardens at SunnyLand in Rancho Mirage last week. It was a beautiful sunny day and I...

For the past 14 years I have invited the public into my studio to see my most recent work. At my last show in the spring I had the...

Every fall and spring I open my studio for a tour of my studio and gardens. For the last few years I’ve raised money with a suggested $10...

How to use color and creativity  for your own emotional and physical healing. Excerpts from a speech made by Cathy Carey at a Cancer...

The Ranch at Taos Gallery showing Cathy Carey’s work Jason Horejs of Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ has been writing a terrific blog on...

I was working on the finishing touches of this painting today and looking around my studio thought it all looked so colorful and hard...

I started thee two paintings in Santa Fe and finished them when I got back to San Diego. Sometimes when I do that I lose the thread of...

I am recently home from a month in Santa Fe and Taos. I had a great time painting and taking photos for my next series, and working up...

A little past midnight I woke up to flashes of lightning and crazy cracks of thunder. My first thought was that you would be scared and I...

I’ve been working on some new paintings for the Taos Gallery, horses and chamisa from photos I’ve taken of the area in the last few...

I took photos at four stages of the progress of this painting – “The Little Red Truck”. I took the photo of this truck in Santa Fe, in...

The focus of my current work is to capture an emotional sense of reality by describing the color and drama of a place through gesture and...