Catherine Gutsche

Artist Statement

I am a self-described process painter. I am inspired by my surroundings; awestruck by nature’s transient characteristics and processes. I find beauty in how nature presents and transforms itself complete with its imperfections. It has never been my nature to expect order in my environment; nature’s eccentricities challenge me to create my own order; my own ordinary.

I am preoccupied by the intuitive journey that paint takes me on with its colour and texture when working with layers that can be revealed through scratching back, rubbing away or lifting, to bring back the history of the previous layers. I do not replicate nature; I am inspired by nature's improvisation and I open myself up to its influences.