NAME: Catherine McCormack Skiba
BIRTH PLACE: New York, New York.
BIOGRAPHY
Catherine McCormack-Skiba was born in New York City and was raised in Vermont. She resides in New York City and paints throughout Europe, North America and the Middle East. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design.
For the past several years, Catherine has been working on studies throughout the globe focused on the diverse and interesting landscape, culture and people. An impressionist painter focused on oil and canvas work, she often integrates water color images into her repertoire particularly when traveling to far-away places. Catherine's travels have taken her to the far corners of the earth including the United States, Great Britain, France, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, South Africa, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore.
Catherine's ability to capture the essence of the culture, the people, the energy and the visuals into a comprehensive image is unique. Being gifted with a remarkable sensitivity, she is able to absorb the diversity of life into a rich image. Catherine proves to be equally comfortable capturing Bedouin life in the Sinai desert as she is a meadow vista in Ireland.
Catherine's paintings manage to extrapolate from reality to a feeling that is part of humanness. According to Catherine "Emotions are an important part for everyone that reaches an inner need in everyone to feel. Like a good meal that nurtures the soul, everyone enjoys the gratification of their emotions in a strengthening and uplifting way". Catherine Skiba's use of vibrant colors and rich subjects combined with her artistic talents to capture reality in an abstract form make her painting unique. More than a mere execution of the image in front of her, Catherine can create an atmosphere involving elements of life evoking a mood that feels more real than life on its own.
Catherine has been a classroom art teacher in numerous schools in California. She is a mother of 3 and lives in London. She is a gourmet cook and author of numerous world-class recipes. Her other personal interests include homeopathy, horseback riding, skiing, and sports car driving.
