Catherine grew up among the moors and dales of Northern England and earned her BFA at a college near London. Relocating across continents—from England to California and, more recently, Austin, Texas—has continually challenged her sense of belonging while opening a portal into broader human experiences of displacement and migration. She works in London and Austin.

Her work references history, specificities of place and time, and the relative stability of geology, using poetic layers of imagery to explore deep time and the moving earth. She draws inspiration from Arte Povera in Italy, with its use of so-called “poor” materials drawn from the land in resistance to technological dominance, as well as from Land Art movements led by artists such as Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt, Herman de Vries and Olafur Eliasson, These influences serve as enduring directives in her practice.

Catherine’s paintings juxtapose visual and conceptual influences gathered from time spent in untamed landscapes across California, Peru, England, Ireland, France, and, most notably, Iceland, where she has completed two artist residencies.

After receiving her MFA from John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, California, she was awarded the Sonoma County Emerging Artist Award for Locale, a year-long project studying marshland ecosystems while living in an abandoned dairy building. In 2018, her Icescapes series received a First Prize monetary award from the Visions of Science exhibition at Bath Spa University, England, for its exploration of rapidly changing Arctic conditions.

Residencies remain vital intervals within her practice. She will attend The Hide in the Cotswolds in 2025, followed by a residency in Italy in 2026. Her work is held in public and private collections, including universities in Bath, England, and Sonoma County, California, as well as private collections throughout the United Kingdom and the United States.