Catherine Marie Boyer
b. Jackson, Mississippi

A bay area native, Cathy was drawing and painting in childhood and began formal instruction at age thirteen. After college, she was employed in graphic design, while keeping up with drawing and painting on her own time.
Thankfully, the timing of the dot.com bust in 2001 presented a window of opportunity to study further. It was exposure to the Henche method during this time that changed her approach to color. This method, also referred to as a ‘colorist school’ emerged out of the Cape Cod School in Providence, Massachusetts started by William Merritt Chase and continued by Charles Hawthorne and later Henry Henche.
Like the California Impressionists of the 1900’s, Cathy seeks to capture the beauty, mood and nuance of the California landscape from land to sea.
Cathy is employed by Google, Inc, Mountain View as a certified massage therapist. Painting is her vocation when not working for Google, Inc.

2008
Invitational Exhibition, Menlo Art League, Menlo Park, CA
Second Place Award and Honorable Mention Award for oil.
Invitational Plein Air Event and Exhibition, Frank Bette Art Center, Alameda, CA.
Honorable Mention for oil.
Invitational Plein Air Event and Exhibition, Carmel, CA

2007
Invitational Exhibition, Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, Morro Bay, CA
First Place Award for oil.
Invitational Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Inc., Chicago, Ill.
Honorable Mention for oil.
Invitational Plein Air Event and Exhibition, Frank Bette Center, Alameda, CA.
Honorable Mention and House Award for oil.
Invitation Exhibition, Menlo Art League Annual Show, Menlo Park, CA.
Best of Show for oil.
Guest Lecturer, Millbrae Art Association.

2006
Invitational Exhibition, Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, Morro Bay. CA.
Second Place for oil.
Invitational Exhibition, Los Gatos Art Association,
Invitational Exhibition, American Impressionist Society.
Invitational Plein Air Event and Exhibition, Frank Bette Art Center,  Alameda, CA.

2005
Invitational Exhibition, Menlo Art League,
First Place for oil.
Invitational Paint Out, Hidden Villa, Los Altos, CA
Honorable Mention for oil.
Invitational Plein Air Event and Exhibition, William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA

2004
Invitational Exhibition, Society of Western Artists, San Francisco, CA
Honorable Mention for oil.

Education & Professional Affiliations
B.A. San Jose State
Signature Member Verde Art Guild
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
American Impressionist Society
Society of Western Artists
Menlo Art League

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Main Street Coffee Roasting Company, Redwood City, CA
Menlo Park Recreation Center, Menlo Park, CA

2007
Atherton Library, Atherton, CA
California Savings Bank, Menlo Park, CA.