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"Pursue what you love...Love what you pursue"
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Catherine Hillis has painted all her life, winning awards
and honors at competitive shows regionally and nationally,
earning Signature Membership status in the Southern
Watercolor Society, Virginia Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania
Watercolor Society, Baltimore Watercolor Society and
the Potomac Valley Watercolor Society. She had a painting
selected for the National Watercolor Society show in
2007. During the summer of 2010, the Department of the
Interior awarded her a position as Artist in Residence
in Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas. One
of her paintings will be published in “Splash 12,” a
collection of 100 American watercolor paintings, in
May of 2011 and she recently won the May 2010 “Creativity
Challenge” in the online version of Watercolor Artist
Magazine. In July of 2007, she was awarded a grant
by “Les Amis de la Grande Vignes” to serve as artist
in residence in Dinan, France.
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Mrs.
Hillis primarily paints in watermedia, including busy street scenes,
intricate florals, and her favorite, the historic sites near her
home on the Blue Ridge in Northern Virginia. The hallmarks
of her work are rich color and a touch of humor. She frequently
paints abroad, most recently in Europe and Asia and has been invited
to teach in May 2011 at “Il’ Chiostro” in Tuscany, Italy.
You can see the artist teach a series of brief lessons at www.monkeysee.com
(type in watercolors onto the subject line). Mrs. Hillis is
currently available to teach workshops, present demonstrations and
judge for your organization.
The artist’s work has been featured in “Best of American Watercolorists,
2007;” she garnered second place in watercolors for the state of
Virginia in 2005, her work being published in the book, “Best of
Virginia Artists and Artisans, 2005;” her biography is included
in “Who’s Who Among American Women, 2006,’07, ‘08, ‘09 and 2010.”
Four of her paintings were selected as the cover art for the
national journal of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association
and, in September of 2006, her article “Ten Tools for Better Watercolors”
was published in American Artist Magazine (www.myamericanartist.com).
She serves as an artist representative for Trekell Brush Company
(www.trekell.com)
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