Artist Statement “The imagery in Cathryn Miles paintings comes from her immediate environment, especially the turbulence of the clouds, colors created by weather and the natural patterning of the earth. Her most recent body of work is based on some blustery days on Hilton Head, where she spends a considerable amount of her time. This group of paintings features a soft color palette with the same rich surfaces of her previous works.” 2017 Artist Biography The imagery in my paintings initially comes from my immediate environment, especially the turbulence of the clouds, colors created by weather and the natural patterning of the earth. I continually do small sketches, making note of colors, textures and even phrases that come to mind as possible titles. These sketches are the basis for my compositions. My process is both intuitive and improvisational, and I work on multiple pieces at the same time...on the walls, the floor and on easels. I start each piece by drawing simple, open shapes and linear elements with charcoal and oil pastel. Then, I fill in with areas of color, scraping off layers and adding them back until the composition reveals itself. I mainly use palette knives, which gives a boldness and physicality to my works. Overall, I want to convey the raw, primitive energy of nature and my ability to balance the shapes, lines, colors and surface quality is key to achieving this. Throughout my career, I've been influenced by a full spectrum of landscape painting, both traditional and contemporary. Some of my earlier works had the atmospheric look of the Tonalist painters of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Later works are less Euro-centric in format and were influenced by artists such as Richard Deibenkorn and contemporary British painter David Blackburn. Education MFA, University of Houston, Painting; Full Teaching Fellowship (Drawing) BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Printmaking Teaching Kennesaw State University/ School of Art and Design; 2006 - 2014: 2D Design and Color Theory; Arts and Society Georgia Perimeter College: 1994 - 2004: Painting, Drawing, Art Appreciation, 2D Design and Color Theory Art Institute of Atlanta: 1994 - 2006: 2D Design and Color Theory Galleries Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta GA Palm Desert CA Elder Gallery, Charlotte NC Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens FL Selected Exhibits 2016 Thomas Deans Gallery, Atlanta, GA: Cathryn Miles and Scott Upton/ New Works, April - May, Two-person Thomas Deans Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA: Introductions: Cathryn Miles, December 2-31 2016 Palm Desert 2015 Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: "Breathing Space", Feb. 6 - Mar. 30, Solo Thomas Deans Gallery, Atlanta, GA: New Year/ New Works, Jan. 23 - Feb.28, Group 2014 Thomas Deans Gallery, Atlanta, GA: "Summer Pleasures": June -July, Group The State Capitol, Atlanta: "The Art of Georgia", Aug. - Jan., Group 2013 Watershed Gallery, Ridgefield, CT: “Certifiably Organic”, Sept. - Nov., Group Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: "The Great American Landscape", Aug., Group Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta: “Passages”, May, Two-person Thomas Deans, Atlanta: "Landscapes of the Mind", Mar., Group 2012 Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: "Trees", Oct., Group. Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta: "Transcendence/ Contemporary Abstractions", Mar., Group Meyer Metro Gallery, Houston, TX: " East Coast - West Coast/ Inner Mappings", Mar., Two-person Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: "Black, White & Color", July, Group 2011 Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: "American Woman", Oct., Group Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC : "Dunlop and Miles/ New Terrain", Oct., Two-person dk Gallery, Marietta, Georgia: " An Artist's View", Aug., Group Thomas Deans, Atlanta: "New Works", July, Solo 2010 Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama: "Cathryn Miles/ Mark Singer", Oct., Two-person 2009 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN: Oct., Two-Person 2008 Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama: " Cathryn Miles/ New Works", Oct., Solo 2007 Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts: "People, Places & Things", Sept., Group 2004 Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia: Oct., Solo 2003 Summit One Gallery, Highlands, NC, Group 2002 Harold Washington College, Chicago, Illinois, Group Summer House Gallery, Highlands, NC: "Territories", June, Solo 2001 Thomas Deans, Atlanta: "Eternal Visions", May, Solo 2000 Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland, Group Kouvala Art Museum, Kouvala, Finland, Group 1999 Callenwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta: "Topographical Views", April, Solo Clayton State College and University: Artist-in- Residence: 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Georgia Perimeter College: Oct., Solo 1997 Instituto Tecnologico Automomo De Mexico: "Hecho en Atanta", April, Group Aliya Gallery, Atlanta: "Recent Works", Mar., Solo Anthony Ardivan Gallery, Atlanta: "Yellow", Jan. 1, Group Selected Clients and Collections Brightline, Tampa, Florida (Corporate Collection) Art Institute of Atlanta (Permanent Collection) Clayton State College and State University (Permanent Collection) Capital City Club, Crabapple, Georgia Georgia Perimeter College (Permanent Collection) King and Spalding Law Firm, Atlanta (Permanent Collection) Delta Airlines, Atlanta (Corporate Collection) Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta Jacqueline P. Lanham Interiors, Atlanta Barkin-Leeds, Ltd, Atlanta Philip Sides Interiors, Birmingham Lobster Bar Sea Grille, Ft Lauderdale, FL Mark Timothy Inc., (corporate collection) Boca Raton, FL