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Catharine Cool has held 18 exhibitions on 3 continents during the
last two decades. Her works have been exhibited from Washington, D.C. to Kathmandu,
Nepal -- from Australia to Pakistan. Her most recent exhibition before her upcoming show in Manassas (April 2005) was
"Vivid Air" which opened in October 1998 at the Artists Museum in Washington, D.C. More than 300 of
her paintings hang in private and foundation
collections, including that of King Birendra of Nepal.
An Australian born in Malaysia, Cool began her career studying with noted Australian
painters Danila Vassilieff and Henri Froudist. Under their tutelage, she developed
her dramatic sense of color and passion for bold imagery. Cool's paintings are usually
developed in series around a central theme, inspired either by literature-- such as
the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Dylan Thomas, or by nature-- flowers, horses,
land and seascapes. |
