Catherine Mills
Catherine began in the profession of decorative painting, having studied with internationally recognized Ritins Studio. She pursued an independent career and later worked for Ritins herself as a project manager and artisan assisting in many challenging and rewarding projects such as Winsor Casino, Niagara Falls Casino, Pillar and Post Spa and Hotel, The Royal Ontario Museum and many exclusive private residences. Catherine also worked with the talented Lori Klassen Studios on projects for Divine Design, one of Candace Olsen’s television projects. This work led to a lateral move into the fine arts and the exploration of oil painting as a career.
Catherine’s technique evolves from a classical, indirect approach in oil; a discipline of drawing, underpainting, layers of paint and final glazes, sometimes disrupted with impasto layers to create detailed realistic portrayals of her subjects, suspended in imagined space and time.