CATHERINE PARK

Catherine Park grew up in an artistic family in Minneapolis. Her connection with watercolor began in high school, where she had her first exhibition of her artwork. At Vassar College, she studied drawing, oil painting and art history. After completing an MFA in creative writing at Columbia and moving to Cleveland, she dabbled in wood block and intaglio print-making. She’s a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, as well as the Allegheny Highlands Botanical Art Society based in Pittsburgh.

In 2015 she returned to her first love, watercolor. Soon she discovered her fascination with the precision and detail of botanical art. Since 2018, she has been pursuing a Certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. Her botanical watercolor paintings have been displayed in several regional shows, including in Beachwood, Akron, Pittsburgh, and Wheeling, West Virginia.

Most notably, in June, 2022, her painting of a magnified columbine was accepted into the UK’s prestigious Society of Botanical Artists annual “Plantae” show in London.