ABOUT THE ARTIST - Kathy McCartney
 Kathy McCartney is an accomplished artist who captures “tropical expressions” with oil on canvas.
Various life responsibilities after high school vied for Kathy’s attention and temporarily diverted her from pursuing her artistic dream. Yet during those years of working and raising a family she continued to have strong desires of pursuing these artistic visions.
Dreams wait for no one, especially an unwilling participant. So she made a decision to create the time to pursue a dream or two. Any spare moment was spent on reading books, watching art instruction programs and experimenting with different mediums. She finally decided to work with oil on canvas. “ I like the texture of oil, the translucent quality and flexibility of this method. I like to layer the translucent, vibrant blues and greens and semi translucent colors on top of one another to construct my water scenes. This produces the movement and intense long lasting colors that help make my paintings come alive.” She found her teacher Tom Anderson in the year 2000 and began taking classes under his instruction part-time while working at her full-time corporate job and raising her son. “Anything is possible when you stay focused, remain persistent, patient, and daring enough during challenging times when the creative process is not going so smooth. One must continue to push and believe in themselves, because sometimes your voice is the only encouragement you will hear.”
Today, Kathy lives in San Ramon, CA and part-time in Kihei Maui Hawaii. She now works for herself and runs MauiVision Rentals and serves as a consultant and administrator. She also teaches beginning oil painting classes "Tropical Expressions" to children and adults. She is working on her first children's book, educational book and DVD, she hopes to have both projects complete by 2009.
Kathy's artwork is available for art licensing. Please contact us for more information.
“Dreams are worth pursuing as they add dimension and color to your world. ”
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