About the artist

Cathy Morgan has been an inspired artist from her early childhood motivated by where she grew up in Sandusky, on the shores of Lake Erie. She is the daughter of two exceptionally creative parents and spent her high school summers sketching her countryside environment rapidly refining her natural artistic skills.

Throughout her artistic career Cathy has studied with some of the finest contemporary artists of our time; Doug Dawson, Wheat Ridge, CO, Greg Barnes, Charlotte, NC, and Annie Pais, Gainesville, FL to mention just a few. She has exhibited at the Leepa Ratner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Brooker Creek Environmental Center, Tarpon Springs and many more. Her work is considered by many to be extremely collectible. Peter Lowes, Vista Gallery, Clearwater, FL calls Cathy a “World Class Artist.” Pat Mansfield, Bath, NC said of Cathy’s work that she is “Amazed at her originality, concept and museum quality. Her layers and strokes give aliveness to her work.”

Some years ago Cathy spent two years in the coastal town of Bath in North Carolina, painting in an undisturbed setting, and listening to her inner voice shaping her destiny. It was during this phase that she developed her own style of creating art that is treasured today and will continue to be in the future.

Her work is expressive crafted by instinctive strokes; it has a rich depth and inspiration that is visual poetry with a balance of blending realism and modernism.

Art Exhibitions 2002 - 2024

• PAVA Art Works, Dazzio

• Tarpon Springs Paint Out 2013

• Safety Harbor Historical Museum 2013

• Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, Tarpon Springs, Florida

• Salt Creek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida

• Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida

• Carollwood Cultural Center, Tampa, Florida

• Oldsmar City Hall, Oldsmar, Florida

• St. Petersburg Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, Florida

• Clearwater Library, Clearwater, Florida

• Leepa Ratner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, Florida

• Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida

• Brooker Creek Preserve, Tarpon Springs, Florida

• Beaufort County Art Leaque, Washington, North Carolina

• Harbor Hall, Palm Harbor, Florida

• ArtBookTampaBay Launch, St. Petersburg, Florida

• Unitarian Art Gallery, Clearwater, Florida

• Bright House Corporate Center, Pinellas Park, Florida

• Sterling Commons Art Group, Dunedin, Florida

• Great Art and Frame, Tampa, Florida

• Imago Art Group, Dunedin, Florida

• Possibilities in Pastel, Dunedin, Florida

• Leslie Curran Gallery, St. Petersburg, Floriida

• Martinis and Matisse, Clearwater, Florida

Publications

• Finalist in Artists Magazine 2014

• Featured Tampa Bay Magazine 2013

• ArtBookTampaBay 2012

• The Artery 2011

• Featured Artist Imago Magazine 2008

• National Invitation of Fine Art Bedazzled 2009

Awards

• Dazzio Art Works Honorable Mention 2013

• Tarpon Springs Paint and Photo Second Place Award 2013

• Best of Show, Florida Botanical Gardens, Diggin the Arts 2013

• PAVA (Professional Association of Visual Artists) 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019

• Tarpon Springs Art Association 2012, 2014

• Pastel Society of Tampa Bay 2010, 2011, 2015, 2021

• Dunedin Fine Art Center 2018, 2019

• Martinis and Matisse 2019

Associations

• PAVA Professional Association of Visual Artists 2005-2024

• Dunedin Fine Art Center, Former Faculty

• Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, former Secretary and President 2008-2010 Member 2005-2024