Featured artist
Catherine S. Adamson
British Columbia, Canada
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- Take commissions/assignments
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Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Landscape
Smoky Haze
36x60 $4200 |
Cherry 30
12x36 $500 |
Forest Chime
39x39 $1600 |
Painting/Drawing - Floral
Poppy 21
12x36 $450 |
Zappity
72x42 $3800 |
Jitterbug
12x48 $800 |
Painting/Drawing - Abstract
Red
48x24 $1200 |
Blue
48x24 $1200 |
Breeze
36x24 $875 |
Artist Statement
In 2005 I put down my paintbrush and developed my “Free-flow” painting method. I allow latex and acrylic paints to stream down from a wooden stick and onto a prone canvas. Someone once described me as “Jackson Pollack meets Van Gogh,” and I admit, with a laugh, that it does describe some of my paintings. I fill my artworks with as much love, joy and energy as I am feeling in the moment. I paint with music, depending on my mood: Van Morrison, classical, Leonard Cohen, etc. Each painting guides me to where it needs to go and I throw paint in response; I am often surprised with the result. I enjoy secreting shapes and colours within the under-growth in some paintings; their discovery always delights. Long grasses and flowers swish in the breeze as dusk approaches on a hot summer’s eve. My studio is covered in paint, over the floors, up the walls and windows, and of course, my shoes and apron. I fling paint with wild abandon, captur-ing the energy, rhythm, and movement onto the canvas. Messy, yes, but so much more fun than a brush on canvas.
Bio
Education: B.A. Visual Arts/English UFV 2003
Awards and Honours:
Second Place, Midsummer Arts, Richmond (Poppy 11) 2022
First Place, Midsummer Arts, Richmond (Sweet 16) 2020
Winner, Wine Label competition UFV (Salsa & Perlette) 2015
Honourable Mention FCA juried show (Lipstick 13) 2015
Front cover awarded FCA Art Avenue Magazine 2015
Award of Excellence FCA Abstract show 2011
Award of Excellence Delta Arts Council 2010
Award of Distinction South Delta Artists Guild 2010
Art History Award UCFV 2003
Commission Work:
B.C. Children’s Hospital: 3 large paintings 2017
Janine Main: White Hydrangea painting 2018
City of Richmond: Piano painting 2018
Henry Ryken: Sunflower painting 2019
City of Richmond: 2nd Piano painting 2019
Exhibitions:
Midsummer Arts Dream Richmond 2022
Midsummer Arts Dream Richmond 2020
Lipont Gallery: 50-piece solo show Richmond 2019
Veridian Gallery: duo show Vancouver 2018
Khatsalano Art & Music Festival Vancouver 2010-15
Gateway Theatre Richmond 2012
Blenz Coffee Shop: Horseshoe Bay & Vancouver 2008-23
ArtSpacific Delta Arts Council 2012
Jericho Theatre Vancouver 2012
FCA Landscapes Vancouver 2012
FCA Abstract Vancouver 2012
Crystal Ball fundraiser for Children’s Hospital, Van. 2011
Omega Gallery Vancouver 2011
FCA Abstract Vancouver 2011
FCA Haiku Cherry Blossom Vancouver 2011
Red Galleria Vancouver 2011
Oil & Water S. Delta Artists Guild Delta 2010-11
Bouquet of Hope charity auction Vancouver 2010
Twizzles Salon Vancouver 2010
Arts Club Theatre auction/fundraiser Vancouver 2010
ArtSpacific Delta Arts Council N. Delta 2010
Anonymous show, N. Vancouver Arts Council 2009
Leighton Studio Gallery Vancouver 2009
Crema Café West Vancouver 2009
Heritage Hall group show Vancouver 2009
Elgin Hall group show South Surrey 2009
ArtSea at Vancouver Aquarium Vancouver 2009
UFV Gallery Solo Show (50 pieces) Abbotsford 2001
In 2005 I put down my paintbrush and developed my “Free-flow” painting method. I allow latex and acrylic paints to stream down from a wooden stick and onto a prone canvas. Someone once described me as “Jackson Pollack meets Van Gogh,” and I admit, with a laugh, that it does describe some of my paintings. I fill my artworks with as much love, joy and energy as I am feeling in the moment. I paint with music, depending on my mood: Van Morrison, classical, Leonard Cohen, etc. Each painting guides me to where it needs to go and I throw paint in response; I am often surprised with the result. I enjoy secreting shapes and colours within the under-growth in some paintings; their discovery always delights. Long grasses and flowers swish in the breeze as dusk approaches on a hot summer’s eve. My studio is covered in paint, over the floors, up the walls and windows, and of course, my shoes and apron. I fling paint with wild abandon, captur-ing the energy, rhythm, and movement onto the canvas. Messy, yes, but so much more fun than a brush on canvas.
Bio
Education: B.A. Visual Arts/English UFV 2003
Awards and Honours:
Second Place, Midsummer Arts, Richmond (Poppy 11) 2022
First Place, Midsummer Arts, Richmond (Sweet 16) 2020
Winner, Wine Label competition UFV (Salsa & Perlette) 2015
Honourable Mention FCA juried show (Lipstick 13) 2015
Front cover awarded FCA Art Avenue Magazine 2015
Award of Excellence FCA Abstract show 2011
Award of Excellence Delta Arts Council 2010
Award of Distinction South Delta Artists Guild 2010
Art History Award UCFV 2003
Commission Work:
B.C. Children’s Hospital: 3 large paintings 2017
Janine Main: White Hydrangea painting 2018
City of Richmond: Piano painting 2018
Henry Ryken: Sunflower painting 2019
City of Richmond: 2nd Piano painting 2019
Exhibitions:
Midsummer Arts Dream Richmond 2022
Midsummer Arts Dream Richmond 2020
Lipont Gallery: 50-piece solo show Richmond 2019
Veridian Gallery: duo show Vancouver 2018
Khatsalano Art & Music Festival Vancouver 2010-15
Gateway Theatre Richmond 2012
Blenz Coffee Shop: Horseshoe Bay & Vancouver 2008-23
ArtSpacific Delta Arts Council 2012
Jericho Theatre Vancouver 2012
FCA Landscapes Vancouver 2012
FCA Abstract Vancouver 2012
Crystal Ball fundraiser for Children’s Hospital, Van. 2011
Omega Gallery Vancouver 2011
FCA Abstract Vancouver 2011
FCA Haiku Cherry Blossom Vancouver 2011
Red Galleria Vancouver 2011
Oil & Water S. Delta Artists Guild Delta 2010-11
Bouquet of Hope charity auction Vancouver 2010
Twizzles Salon Vancouver 2010
Arts Club Theatre auction/fundraiser Vancouver 2010
ArtSpacific Delta Arts Council N. Delta 2010
Anonymous show, N. Vancouver Arts Council 2009
Leighton Studio Gallery Vancouver 2009
Crema Café West Vancouver 2009
Heritage Hall group show Vancouver 2009
Elgin Hall group show South Surrey 2009
ArtSea at Vancouver Aquarium Vancouver 2009
UFV Gallery Solo Show (50 pieces) Abbotsford 2001
