McAvity, Catherine

Catherine’s portfolio has been shaped by a lifelong interest in the formal tenets of painting, balanced by a deep, intuitive understanding of place and subject. She continuously explores the presence and character of specific landscapes, uncovering the nature of vista, forest, water, trees, flowers, and foliage. Informed by the study and appreciation of art history, Catherine’s work revitalizes the genres of landscape and still life as she brings a personal lens and perspective to her paintings.

Catherine attended the Banff School of Fine Arts in 1969. She then pursued a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia from 1969-1971, followed by a Fine Arts degree from the University of Calgary from 1971-1975. She attended the prestigious Emma Lake Workshops and the related Triangle Workshops in upper state New York in the 1980s several times. Her work has been exhibited in private and public galleries from the early 1980s, and her paintings can be found in many corporate and public collections across Canada.