About Cathy Harville

After a 20 year business career, Cathy Harville is enjoying an opportunity to rediscover making art, to celebrate nature and the beauty around us. While bipolar disorder ended her career, the need for a simpler life opened the door to her life-long love of art. While her illness sometimes interferes with her art making, the mood swings also offer a channel through which to express herself.  

Cathy has been painting full time since 2002, and enjoys using pastels, watercolors, acrylics, and mixed media to express her themes of the vivid color and design of nature. Largely self-taught, Cathy participates in numerous workshops, and has studied extensively at the Staub Art Studio in Catonsville, MD. She has exhibited at the Montpelier Arts Center in Beltsville, MD, The Howard County Arts Council, The Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis, MD, The Market House in Annapolis, MD, the Chestertown Art League in Chestertown, MD, Annapolis City Hall, the Ranazul Restaurant in Maple Lawn, MD, The Art League in Alexandria, MD, and the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, NY as well as at numerous locations in the Baltimore/Washington area.

Cathy was also a juried member of the Artists' Gallery in Columbia, MD (www.artistsgallerycolumbia.com), a cooperative of about 20 local artists. She also belongs to a number of local art leagues, and supports community art associations. Cathy also provides artwork to sell at charitable benefits throughout the Mid-Atlantic area.

Cathy's current interests include capturing the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, from her boat and kayak. She also loves to paint hidden park areas, as well as natural landscapes that may be overlooked in everyday commuting. Cathy is also interested in art therapy, and has a master's degree in psychology. She considers the making of art as a potential for healing, and for revealing our unconscious.

Cathy lives with her husband, Richard, and canine companion, Lucy, in Gambrills, MD.  Her studio and gallery are located at the Historic Savage Mill (www.savagemill.com) in Savage, MD.

Contact Cathy at: cathy.harville@gmail.com or her studio at: 443.286.3233.