I describe my recent paintings as being large maximalist color statements.  The subtle textures that used to lie just below the surface of my paintings are now on the top in distinct juxtapositions of color and pattern.  My references are multi-cultural, art historical and everyday.  I mix and match freely, being inspired by literally […]

View 15 controversial original paintings by Cathi Locati depicting white skin on black skin and experience the trick of the eye… Cathi Locati’s latest work of five paintings in a series, large format vertical (3ft x 5ft).  Full scale photo-realism figurative oil on canvas originals depicting female strength, perseverance, vision, patience, determination and sensual beauty […]

My work is intuitive in nature.  I seek to allow the subconscious to lead as a work progresses. My work is intuitive in nature.  I seek to allow the subconscious to lead as a work progresses.  The result of this is a constant dialog between the media and mind.   I use line an color to […]

Primal geometry – ten symbols found in Nature – has been a spiritual awakening and an unending source of inspiration for the artist. Primal geometry – ten symbols found in Nature – has been a spiritual awakening and an unending source of inspiration for the artist. Empowered by the symbolic energy in primal geometry, Barbara […]

I have been drawing since a very young age. Five years ago I started dedicating my time to paintings. I live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria… I have been drawing since a very young age. Five years ago I started dedicating my time to paintings. I live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where […]

I choose the human body as the center of my inspiration. Although I distort and mutate most of my creaions I don’t perceive my work as macabre or dark…. I choose the human body as the center of my inspiration. Although I distort and mutate most of my creaions I don’t perceive my work as […]

Utilizing processes such as burning, rusting, decomposition, burying, or weather exposure, layers of fabric are collaged with encaustic… Utilizing processes such as burning, rusting, decomposition, burying, or weather exposure, layers of fabric are collaged with encaustic, images and found materials. Through pattern and materials, questions are raised concerning want vs. need, natural vs. man-made creation, […]

My work is inspired by industrial urban landscapes. The paintings are based on memories of such places from my youth in Akron Ohio, as well as from the New York… My work is inspired by industrial urban landscapes. The paintings are based on memories of such places from my youth in Akron Ohio, as well […]

A perpetual quest for home is at the heart of the objects I create.  My stitched buildings on household window screens reference… A perpetual quest for home is at the heart of the objects I create.  My stitched buildings on household window screens reference both architecture and women’s stitching work and question what emotional life […]

John Locke stated, “Government is a necessary evil”.  My work focuses on the idea of politics.  Not the rhetoric or philosophy of any one party… John Locke stated, “Government is a necessary evil”.  My work focuses on the idea of politics.  Not the rhetoric or philosophy of any one party or political system, but rather […]