About Cathy Carey
Galleries: • Maui
• Santa Fe, NM
• Arizona
• California Dream Series
• Elfin Forest & Lake Hodges
• Tuscany, Italy
• Venice, Italy
• The Devonian Desert
• Sketchbook Watercolors
• Thumbnail Gallery
• Archived Collections
Hand Made Journals
Gaia Earth Shrines
Gallery Shows
Articles by Cathy Carey
Art Shows & Art Studio Tours
Upcoming Workshops
• Elfin Forest/Olivenhain Dam
• San Diego, CA
• Santa Fe, NM
The Glasshouse Studio Classes
• Color
Theory and Impressionist Landscape Painting
Private Lessons
The Philosophy of Color Workbook
Greeting Cards
Murano Jewelry
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Phone: 760-489-9109
Fax: 760-489-9149
Email: cathy@artstudiosandiego.com
Located in Southwest Escondido near Del Dios Highway and Via Rancho
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 On Again Off Again 22 x 30 watercolor |
In my series of watercolor paintings of deserts and tropical fish, I juxtaposed the idea of desert versus aquatic images. I thought it was intriguing that there were similar shapes between sea life and desert life. I was interested in comparing the bright colors against the muted colors. I wanted to compare images like the sea fan and the ocotillo; the patterns on the desert floor; the lines in the sand of water marks; the night sky dotted with stars as a pattern compared to the stripes and dots on tropical fish. It is fascinating to me that Southern California is a desert sitting next to the ocean. I was inspired by the vision of similarity versus contrast in this series.
