CATHERINE CONLIN
CONCEPTS
IN
ART
&
DESIGN
PAINTING : : CONCEPTUAL ART : : PHOTOGRAPHY : : MUSIC : : DESIGN: :TRAVEL
Artist, Interior Designer, Visionary
all images copyright © Catherine Conlin 2025
Paintings, Drawings, Installations :: Slide Gallery Below
Color, texture, and scale are essential details in my work, be it painting, installations, floral art, poetry, or music. I often paint with a knife, and beneath each finished work there are often two or three others buried. The scrape-backs are like scabs revealing the
life-blood of the work.
I learned to paint, stretch, and frame paintings as a student, apprentice, gallery coordinator, and long-time companion to California Beat Painter Wally Hedrick. My medium for large-scale work is now acrylic, and for my tiny jewel series, original photo transfers on wood block, paint, and encaustic, building my own frames.
My jewel collection has evolved from encaustic on wood blocks to using gilding as a medium for painting. From flat black to mica shimmer, the surfaces come alive with a deeper dimension.
Previous 2026 Exhibitions:
June: Madrid, Spain. OCCO Gallery
August: London, England. Espacio Gallery
With gratitude to Capital Culture House
Photo by Rodney Margison, Managing Editor, Bloom Magazine
"Alexander & I"
2017
Acrylic on Canvas
52w" x 28h"
Art Honoree for Hoosier Women Artists 2018
This painting was on exhibit in The treasurer's office in the Indiana State House from March 2018 through February 2019 for
Hoosier Women Artists
