Catherine  Andrew  Art

New Zealand artist, from Upper Hutt, Catherine Andrew, started painting in acrylics and oils in 2014. With a professional background in graphic design, she also grew up surrounded by her mother's paintings and was interested in drawing and painting at an early age.

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Her mother Elizabeth Leatherbarrow (who sadly passed away in 2019) worked in oils, watercolour and pastel and she was a member of PANZ (Pastel Artists of New Zealand) and also Watercolour New Zealand. She had been exhibiting regularly in the Wellington area for over 30 years.

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Catherine was awarded first prize for Best Natural Fauna in the Paraparaumu Rotary Art Show Competition in 2016 for her 'Auckland Zoo Tiger' painting and a Merit in 2017 in the Portraiture/People section for 'Baby Cassie'.

 

Animals, native birds and flower studies are her favourite subjects. Her paintings display her love of detail, colour and the way light affects a subject. She also enjoys painting abstracts, landscapes and the challenge of portrait painting.

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Mainly painting from photographs, she is also a keen photographer and makes her own jewellery which she sells online and at various craft stalls.