Visual Prompts
              A collection of paintings by Catherine Cruz
                             Now showing until March 31, 2025

Catherine Cruz is a French-American abstract artist who works with collage and mixed media.  Informed by more than twenty-five years of experience in the design world, she takes inspiration from a unique perspective, which spans architecture, interior design, and sustainability.

 

She is driven by curiosity and the visceral need to experiment.  In her abstract art practice, she has found paper and paint to be both simple and complex materials that can be manipulated in many ways.  She grew up in an environment where the juxtaposition of old and new architecture creates a beautiful tension. 

 

In her current art, she sees the textures representing the old and the collage elements representing the new.  Her art is informed by the passing of time and the effect of the natural elements on the built environment, which creates beauty and complexity in distressed and weathered surfaces. 

 

Her abstract vocabulary is based on intuitive mark making, lines and forms, as well as the exploration of visual and tactile texture, and a good understanding of color. Her art-making process is very intuitive and explorative and she enjoys creating multi-layered surfaces because it is an exercise of trust, patience, and perseverance.

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