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Catherine C. Martin

Catherine began drawing when she could hold a pencil and painted her first oil at age ten. Over the years, she has changed her medium to acrylics which better suits her style. She paints with a loose, rapid style that truly captures her feelings at the moment the paint strikes her canvas. Her paintings are spontaneous and flooded with bright colors. She is an honest painter who sees the world in her own way but has been greatly influenced by Vincent Van Gogh, the Fauves, and Alfred Chadborne. Plein-aire painting is her first love and travels to France, Spain, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Morocco and the U.S. have been her inspiration.

Catherine has studied art beginning at a young age with private instruction, and continued at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, East Carolina University, Meredith College, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has also taught art with the New Hanover County and Wake County NC Public School systems, Cape Fear Academy in Wilmington, NC and continuing education classes at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh.

EDUCATION:
East Carolina University
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
• Bachelor of Arts Degree
Continuning Education:
• Meredith College
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GALLERIES
Red Canvas, Apex
Nicole's Studio & Art Gallery, Raleigh
New Elements, Wilmington

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Shanahan Law
Duke Raleigh Hospital