Cat's current work combines elements of pattern in fragments that together embody something different than their individual parts. They represent an intersection of information as well as ideas of cultural appropriation, assimilation, fragmentation and alteration. She focuses on visual possibilities using the interrelationships between patterns and the new identities that are formed when patterns are layered or juxtaposed. Her patterns are continually active, whether they are engaged individually or together. The end result is dynamic interaction from nuanced changes in form as patterns are established, juxtaposed & layered. Each piece has self-imposed parameters - color restrictions relating to Western color theory; pattern structures that mimic Eastern and Western cultural pattern forms; and color and materials layered in particular orders to imitate influence over time representing cultural sediment. Cat has been a regular presenter and instructor at the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and has taught painting workshops in the United States and in Indonesia. She earned BFAs in Painting and Art History from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an MFA in Art from Bowling Green State Univeristy, Bowling Green, Ohio. She has an extensive exhibition record that includes solo exhibitions at Vanderbilt University, the University of Illinois Chicago, the Maryland Institute of Art and Barbaran Segaragunung Gallery in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. She was the 2015 College of Fine Arts Roehrick Distinguished Professor at Western Michigan University and teaches painting in the Frostic School of Art. Cat lives and works in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Become, 13x11, encaustic on panel, $1200
Consume, 13x11, encaustic on panel, $1200
Depose, 13x11, encaustic on panel, $1200
Evolve, 13x11, encaustic on panel, $1200
Near, 13x11, encaustic on panel, $1200
Spread, 13x11, encaustic on panel, $1200
Transform, 13x11, encaustic on panel, $1200
Collide, 36x36, encaustic on panel
Glow, 36x36, encaustic on panel
Tilt, 36x36, encaustic on panel
Circle Game, 36x36, encaustic on panel
Fade, 30x40, encaustic on panel
Arc ll, 30x40, encaustic on panel
Big Red, 36x48, encaustic on panel
Tempest, 36x36, encaustic on panel
Split, 36x36, encaustic on panel, SOLD. For information about similar works, please contact gallery.
Tethered, 36x36, encaustic on panel, SOLD. For information about similar works, please contact gallery.
Change, 36x36, encaustic on panel
Touch, 36x36, encaustic on panel
Displace, 36x36, encaustic on panel, SOLD. For information about similar works, please contact gallery.
Lean, 36x36, encaustic on panel, SOLD. For information about similar works, please contact gallery.
Bow, 30x40, encaustic on panel
Suspend, 40x30, encaustic on panel
Grace, 24x24, encaustic on panel
Wave, 18x18, encaustic on panel
Bound, 24x24, encaustic on panel
Deflect, 24x24, encaustic on panel
Surround, 24x24, encaustic on panel
Together, 24x24, encaustic on panel
Asunder, 12x12, encaustic on panel
Lost, 10x10, encaustic on panel
Bleed, 10x10, encaustic on panel
Eclipse, 8x8, encaustic on panel
Found, 8x8, encaustic on panel