Catherine Grawin
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Catherine Grawin is an award-winning oil painter of landscape en plein air, still life and abstract. A true colorist, her bold and loose brushwork is her signature style that appeals to collectors in the US and abroad. Her art education includes a BA degree from SDSU in Graphic Design and Communication, with post-graduate work in Architectural Design and Rendering. Some of her noteworthy teachers include Sebastian Capella, John Asaro, Joe Garcia, Pat Kelly and Ray Anne Marks.
Grawin's work can be seen in the fine art book Land of Sunlight. She is one of seven artists featured in the art documentary film Plein Air Painters of Santa Ysabel, California. Her work is represented at the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery and the Cosmopolitan Fine Arts Gallery in La Jolla.
Catherine teaches the Painting alla Prima in Oils method in her Solana Beach studio. Other venues include Plein Air Painting through UC San Diego Extension and Painting alla Prima in Oils at the La Jolla Athenaeum School of Music and Arts. She gives public painting demonstrations and has been invited to judge art shows.
Grawin owns and operates ADLib Graphic Design, Solana Beach, CA, since 1991. She has art directed national and regional magazine publications, coffee table books and designed corporate identities and marketing campaigns. ADLib Photo Studio styled shoots for feature, product and fashion editorial as well as for food & nutrition columns.
Memberships:
La Jolla Art Association
San Diego Museum of Art Artist’s Guild
California Art Club, Painting Patron, San Diego Chapter
PAPASAN, Plein Air Painters Association, San Diego
SAGE Painters, San Diego
Awards:
Special Jurors Award, 2001 Maurice Braun Plein Air Invitational.
1st Place, Still Life in Oil, 2006 San Diego County Fair Art Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Landscape in Oil, 2006 San Diego County Fair
Art Exhibition
2nd Place, Still Life in oil, 2007 San Diego County Fair Art
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2nd Place, Abstract in oil, 2007 San Diego County Fair Art Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Still Life in Oil, 2007 San Diego County Fair
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2nd Place, Malibu Creek Estuary, San Dieguito Art Guild, 2008 Gallery Exhibit
2nd Place, Mission Church, 2009 Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational (Tier 2)
3rd Place, Landscape in Oil, 2009 San Diego County Fair Art Exhibition
Exhibitions:
Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA
2001 - 2010 Annual Participant in the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery Plein Air Exhibition
2001 - Maurice Braun Plein Air Invitational
2002 - Two-Person Show / Catherine Grawin, Sioko Becker
2004 - Still Life / Catherine Grawin, Pat Kelly, Jori Owens
2006 - Two-Person Show / Catherine Grawin & Andrea Gaye
2007 - It’s Still Life / Catherine Grawin, Pat Kelly, Jori Owens
2008 - SCAPES Studio Landscape Paintings, featuring 13 artists
Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
2009 Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational, Group Exhibition
San Diego County Fair
2006 - Juried Art Exhibition
2007 - Juried Art Exhibition
2008 - Juried Art Exhibition
2009 - Juried Art Exhibition
La Jolla Art Association, La Jolla, CA
1999 - Juried Group Exhibition
2000 - Juried Group Exhibition
2007 - 9-Person Group Exhibit
2008 - Juried, LJAA 90th Anniversary Art Exhibit at the La Jolla Athenaeum
2008 - Les Quartes Group Exhibition
La Vida Del Mar Gallery
2009 Group Exhibit
2010 Group Exhibit
St. Clair Gallery
2008 - 2009 Group Exhibition
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