Catherine Twomey wants to evoke in her art a deep, emotional response to the natural world and a compulsion to try to protect a world increasingly in need of protection. Twomey practiced as a medical illustrator, garnering many industry awards over the years.
Twomey eventually responded to an internal calling to create her own, personal art in her own style. Encouraged by early successes such as being juried into and winning national competitions, Twomey became known for her unique ability to interpret the extraordinary influence of the natural world. Her intimate, on-site absorption of a place and time is reimagined into complex works designed to focus on the overwhelming need to protect the sacred places of nature. Catherine Twomey revels in using oils, watercolors and acrylics, intermixing hues in a highly planned orchestration of paint layers. The finished works celebrate the unmatched detail and beauty of places Twomey has initially painted en plein air. Her intimate, on-site absorption of a place and time is reimagined into complex abstractions designed to focus on the overwhelming need to protect the sacred places of nature. Twomey’s latest body of work, Universe Series, is a visual declaration of intent to prompt people to positively respond and engage in their natural world, politically, physically and emotionally.
Catherine’s work can by found in corporate collections, including those of the Sanofi Winthrop, General Electric, TAP Pharmaceutics, Abbott Labs, Pfizer, Wine & Country, NBC, the Asheville Art Museum, Mission Hospital and many others. Recent museum shows include the i.d.e.a. Museum in Arizona and over 100 works at the = Lloyd Museum in Cincinatti, Ohio. Her works are found in private collections internationally.