Catherine Courtenaye

Catherine Courtenaye's work is based on her exploration of 19th century penmanship. She states that "vestiges of elementary mark-making (alphabets, animals, equations) serve as counterpoints to my looser treatment of line, edge and space. These paintings navigate between the rigors of perfect lines from the past and my own imperfect brushes, loaded with sensuous color." Courtenaye has received numerous honors, including an Individual Artist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989, and four Ford Foundation Grants. Her work is found in numerous large collections, such as Bank of America, Hyatt Hotels, and Matsushita Investment & Development Co., of Osaka, Japan.