Artist’s Statement:

“Cathy Veale is a well-known artist who specialises in large seascapes with an unmistakable style rich in luminosity and colour. Her paintings are immensely evocative, and have often been described as looking ‘wet’ like the sea itself.
Brought up in the Isle of Purbeck and its thriving art community, Cathy is drawn to the coast and fringes of land. The Jurassic coastline has been the theme of her work for many years both on land and from the sea. Her fascination with the sea is fuelled by its changing moods and patterns that are formed by the sky’s reflection and tidal states. Cathy’s paintings depict a unique sense of texture, concentrating on the effects of light and colour on water.
Cathy studied graphic design at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. After college, travelled extensively around Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, undertaking a variety of artwork projects, from large impressionist paintings to murals.
Cathy’s paintings sell nationally and internationally and have regularly been selected to be shown with Britain’s leading watercolour artists in London at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, the Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibitions and the South West Academy of Arts.”