Cathy is a member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe). Her love of the natural world began in South Dakota and continued on Kodiak Island, Alaska. When she retired in 2016 she moved to Honoka’a on Hawaii Island and continues painting images of the world that surrounds her.

Mostly self-taught, she has taken a few basic art classes and workshops.

She paints using oils and acrylics on canvases, wood panels and found objects. It is the balance of shape, the play of light and shadow, and the emotional stimuli of the color that inspire her.