Catharine Somerville
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Catharine Somerville was born in Toronto, Canada. She studied Fine Art at York University and Georgian College as a printmaker. Her print work “Iceberg” was awarded “The Gryphon Theatre Company” prize in 1972. After working as a set designer, painter and teacher in Canada, Catharine moved to England and set up an artist based teaching atelier in 1992 called Herringbroom Studio in Sussex, England.
A natural colourist, Catharine has spent her life exploring approaches to paint with an emphasis toward her reactions to different colour qualities that radiate from different seasons and different places around the world. Whilst living in the Caribbean she painted a series based upon the tropics and seduction. This early work led to the culmination of her recent painting “Mosquito Coast” which was awarded the Chairman’s Prize at West Dean College 2007.
During 2008 under support of the Edward James Foundation she has lived and painted for five weeks in the jungle amongst the magical Las Posas created by Edward James in Xilitla, Mexico
Currently, she continues to investigate the mutations of her fantasies and memories. As such the hominess victores travel toward death but then mutate to something else.
