Biography

Hello and welcome,

I'm Catherine M. Elliott from Simsbury, Connecticut. For over 30 years, I've painted in the American Impressionist style. I love every aspect of art, and I hope that radiates through my work. If you would like to commission a piece, just send me a message. I hope to hear from you soon!

PASSION TO PAINT !

Painting is what I do …………and have done most my life.
Capturing the light, a moment of time and the beauty of life is my joy.
My forte is contemporary Impressionism and its what I’ve been involved in since 1985
My artwork has won all kinds of awards, I've taught Plein Air Workshops to thousands in different places of the world and been invited to numerous painting events. I am so very happy to share my work with you the viewer!
I hope you enjoy what is before you and maybe take home one for your own.
May these works sing to you as the inspirations did to me!

ART INVOLVEMENT
2018 Exhibits: Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT P S Gallery, Litchfield, CT Sosbee Studio and Gallery, Nantucket, MA. The Geary Gallery, Darien CT Puffins, Mystic, CT Petrini Gallery, Avon, CT Wexford, Ireland Outdoor Painter’s Society, Plein Air Southwest Salon Infinity Music Hall, Norwalk, CT.
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS: Sir Richard Branson’s Necker’s Cup auction pick Faculty – Staff, West Hartford Art League, CT Dillman’s instructor WI. Artist in Residence Programs Public Workshops and Art Demonstrations Painting Instructor – Group & Individual Ireland Painting Workshop Instructor Art Show Juror

Awards / GRANTS: Artist in Resident, Cill Railaig Ireland The Salmagundi Club, Fellowship Grant Connecticut Boater’s Guide 2004 Cover Artist American Artist Magazine – April 2004 & March 2001 PleinAir Magazine award OPS Southwaet Salon 2013 Harvard Arnold Arboretum Selection for Endangered Plants Illustrator of ‘’Old Swell,.Little Wave’’ by Jim Ballard
Collections: Mr. and Mrs. William O’Neil, Former Governor of Connecticut Aetna Inc., Home Office, Hartford, CT Willy Nelson signed Cannabis painting Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London,CT. The Patient Care Tower, Commissioned Art Collection Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT Bay State Memorial Hospital, Springfield, MA
Member: Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT (Elected) Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT Art Association, Washington,CT CT Plein Aire Painters Society(elected) New Britain Museum of Art