Cathy Hunt Contemporary Fine Art

SOFT BLUE

Inspired by a rock pool at the base of Goldstream Falls on Vancouver Island, Canada. Layers of acrylic gel and glazing create an encaustic-like surface that invites the eye to linger and explore.

Goldstream Soft Blue 1

24 x 24" acrylic on canvas

Goldstream Soft Blue 2

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Goldstream Soft Blue 3

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Goldstream Soft Blue 4

24x24" acrylic on canvas

SOFT ROCKS

A rock pool at the foot of Goldstream Falls on Vancouver Island provided the inspiration for these acrylic paintings. Many incorporate layers of heavy gel and glazing that create a softened image with an encaustic-like surface.

Soft Rocks 1

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Soft Rocks 2

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Soft Rocks 3

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Soft Rocks 4

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Pale Blue Soft Rocks

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Pale Green Soft Rocks

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Purple Edge

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Soft rocks & wood

12x12" Acrylic on canvas

Textured rocks in water

8x12" Acrylic on Birch panel

Shimmer 1

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Shimmer 2

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Rock Pool Edge

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Ebb and Flow

36x48" acrylic on canvas

SOFT GREEN

Layers of acrylic gel and glazing create an encaustic-like surface that invites the eye to linger and explore. Inspired by a rock pool at the base of Goldstream Falls on Vancouver Island, Canada.

Goldstream Soft Green 1

24x24" Acrylic on deep canvas

Goldstream Soft Green 2

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Goldstream Soft Green 3

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Goldstream Soft Green 4

24x24" acrylic on canvas

MEDICINE RIBBONS

Threads tangle, loop, knot, intertwine and disentangle in these visual metaphors for our live's collective interconnection.

New Threads 1

24x24" acrylic on canvas

New Threads 2

24x24" acrylic on canvas

Medicine Ribbons

6, 24x36" acrylic and pastel on canvas

Collective Interaction

48x48" acrylic on canvas hanging

Selected to travel Ontario celebrating Visual Art Ontario's 30th Anniversary

Knot 1 but 2

3, 24x36" acrylic, chalk pastel on canvas

GOOD BONES

An exploration of bones as a primal icon of impermanence and the possibility for transformation we each share as we find our way home.

A Journey...Thusfar

12 x 12" Seal bone, hand-stitching, wool roving, hand made felt on repurposed cotton, acrylic on canvas

U'mista: Returned

In the U'mista Cultural Centre Collection, Alert Bay, British Columbia

Inspired by regalia returned from distant museums after its confiscation after an illegal potlatch in 1921.

12x12" Seal bone, Hand stitching, jute on re-purposed fabric, Acrylic on canvas

Seal bone Kantha 1

12 x 12" Seal bone, Hand stitching, wool roving on re-purposed fabric, Acrylic on canvas

Seal bone Kantha 2

12 x 12" Seal bone, Hand stitching, wool roving on re-purposed fabric, Acrylic on canvas

Seal bone Kantha 3

12 x 12" Seal bone, hand stitching/painting on re-purposed fabric, Acrylic on canvas

Seal bone Kantha 4

12x12" Seal bone, hand stitching/painting on re-purposed fabric, Acrylic on canvas

Seal Lullaby Installation

16x16 Acrylic painting on Birch Board, Seal Bones

Seal Lullaby

16x16" Acrylic on Birch

Equanimity

48x48" Acrylic on canvas

Earth and Sky In A Bag of Bones

48x48" Acrylic on canvas

Beached Bones

48x48" Acrylic on canvas

Dancing Bones

24x36" acrylic on canvas

Two to One

24x48" acrylic on canvas

GRASSJazz

Waves of line and texture are lifted out of layers of water-based pigment. The emerging colour and rhythm create a meditative movement. Inspired by swaying dune grass along the North Atlantic shore of Newfoundland. Acrylic, watercolour on paper.

GRASSJazz Tumbling

8, 6x8" acrylic/watercolour on paper

GRASSJazz Vertical

9, 6x8" acrylic/ watercolour on paper

GRASSJazz Tapestry

8, 6x8" acrylic/watercolour on paper

GRASSJazz Rhiannon's Knot

48x48", 4 piece modular, Watercolour & acrylic on paper

JUXTAPOSITION

Inspired by my background as a filmmaker and vocalist, my work frequently explores the inherent abstraction of the organic form. Compositional energy leads the eye in a dance - at times vibrant, at others atmospheric. These gestural ‘voices’ reference the aural in a kind of visual chant; their juxtaposition creates relationship, movement, and story.

Encircled

9, 12x12" acrylic on canvas

Mosaic

12, 12x12" acrylic on canvas

River Relief

3, 12x12" acrylic, pine needles on canvas

Drop Frame

8, 12x12" acrylic, pine needles on canvas

Fragmented

4, 12x12" acrylic on birch board

From the Dark

2, 16x16" acrylic on canvas

EMBODIED

As human beings we are inextricably linked with the Earth. It grounds us and offers refuge, healing and energy. These works are meditations on this interconnection.

Finding Balance

24x36" Acrylic on canvas

Taking Refuge

24x36" Acrylic on canvas

The Power of the Night

24x36" acrylic on canvas

Inspired by Night Blooming Cereus

Medicine Wind

24x30" Acrylic on canvas

What We Hold On To

3, 24x60", Acrylic on canvas

Connection Across Time

24x36", Watercolour on 150lb cold press paper; Inspired by BW photo circa 1910 of Blackfoot Elder, Head of Women's Medicine Society

Tree Spirit

8x14" watercolour on cold press paper

Three Part Ecstacy

6 panels, 36x72", Watercolour, acrylic on 300 lb cold press paper

Not Them; Us

Diptych in four parts, 24x72"; Watercolour, acrylic on 150lb cold press paper

Want

24x36" watercolour on paper

LEAVING A MARK

Leaving a mark - inspired by the ancient imagery from the caves at Lascaux and Altamira. Water-worn bricks found washed up on the shore of Lake Ontario were hand-rubbed with watercolour stick onto handmade Thai paper and play ensued.

After Lascaux 1

6x6 watercolour on handmade Thai paper

Tumbled Brick 2

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

Tumbled Brick 2

6x6" watercolour on handmade Thai paper

After Lascaux 4

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

SOL

After Lascaux 5

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

After Lascaux 7

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

After Lascaux 6

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

After Lascaux 8

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

After Lascaux 10

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

After Lascaux 9

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

After Lascaux 11

6x6" Watercolour on handmade Thai paper

Remembering 156

26x20', watercolour and tracing paper on handmade Thai paper

CONTINUUM

Awakening within the context of the collective unconscious.

Emergence

24x36" Watercolour and ink on cold press paper

Continuum 2

24x30" lino print & watercolour on cold press paper

Continuum 3

24x36", lino print and watercolour on cold press paper

Continuum 1

24x36", lino print and watercolour on cold press paper

Totem 1

24x24" watercolour, acrylic on cold press paper

Totem 2

24x24", watercolour, acrylic on cold press paper

Totem 3

24x24", watercolour, acrylic on cold press paper

FLOORS and WALLS - Photography

Layers and textures echo those who walked before.

Toronto

1911 era home, Sunnyside, Toronto

Toronto

1911 era home, Sunnyside, Toronto

Toronto

1911 era home Sunnyside, Toronto

Newtown NL, Canada

Kitchen floor

Newtown NL, Canada

Kitchen floor

Michael's Harbour NL, Canada

Family Cabin floor

Newtown NL, Canada

Staircase landing

Newtown NL, Canada

Kitchen passage to Living room

Newton NL, Canada

Living room floor

Newtown NL, Canada

Kitchen passageway floor

Alcatraz Federal Penetentiary

Cafeteria floor

Alcatraz Federal Penetentiary

Cafeteria floor

Alcatraz Federal Penetentiary

Cafeteria Floor

TEXTILE ART

Painted, photo-sourced, quilted, fused fabrics; functional and fine art.

Air Blanket

Quilted Photo transfer on hand painted 100% cotton

Earth Blanket

Hand-quilted, photo transfer on silk, linen, cotton mounted on hand painted 100% cotton

Earth-Water Hanging

20x48", Hand painted, quilted on repurposed cotton

Shine a Little Light

Hand painted with Colour Vie pigment, fused faux gold leaf on repurposed cotton

Magic is Afoot

Hand painted with Colour Vie pigment, fused faux gold leaf on repurposed cotton