Cathy Rowe

I create fine art and illustrations to spread joy. I use mostly watercolor and acrylic in my paintings, but you may find some other material in my work as well. I love using colored pencil, embroidery, natural materials, or anything else that adds the texture and depth that I want to achieve. My illustrations are mostly digitally rendered with a look that replicates watercolor, ink and colored pencil. I was trained in fine arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and received mt BFA in 2007. In 2017 I moved with my family to Oregon City and redirected my artistic focus to Children’s Illustration to allow me to be home with my two young children. I have continued to be involved in local arts by volunteering with Three River Artist Guild to help organize the Festival of the Arts. Through the guild I discovered the local movement to change Oregon City Mural Ordinance and have worked where I could within the movement. I was consulted as a muralist and worked with the Three Rivers Artist Guild to write a grant for future murals in Oregon City. I recently completed the first of these proposed murals, a restoration on Main St. of Larry Kangas’ “Trolley Cars” Mural. I like to keep myself busy, but I still find time to paint gallery works and commissions.