Catherine Hillis

www.catherinehillis.com

“Pursue what you love, love what you pursue.”





The professional artist chooses to follow the road not taken. I am a wanderer, searching as far down the road as I can, but in the end, I must choose which path to take. My path is often solitary and the end of the road leads to the unknown, but I choose it anyway. I paint because I must and there is no other explanation for it. I pursue it without knowledge of the future and without fear.







P.O. Box 41

Round Hill, VA 20142-0041

703-431-6877

Catherine Hillis has painted all her life, winning numerous awards and honors at competitive shows regionally and nationally.

Mrs. Hillis primarily paints in watercolors, including busy street scenes, intricate florals, and her favorite, the historic sites near her home on the Blue Ridge in Northern Virginia. The hallmarks of her work are rich color and a touch of humor. She has been honored to paint abroad, most recently in Europe and Asia.

Mrs. Hillis' work is represented by the Thames Gallery in Frederick, MD, Wide River Gallery in Colonial Beach, VA, Pennello Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio and Round Hill Arts Center in Round Hill, VA and the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA. She teaches sought after watercolor classes in arts centers throughout the region. Her paintings have been purchased by collectors as far away as Russia and Japan. During the summer of 2007, Mrs. Hillis painted in Dinan, France, having been awarded a grant and status as resident artist by “Les Amis de la Grande Vigne”. She is officially “Pensionnaire de la Maison d'artiste de la Grande Vigne (demeure du peintre Yvonne Jean-Haffen) ‘a Dinan (Cotes d' Armor).

A painting by Mrs. Hillis' was selected for the book “Best of American Watercolorists, 2007” and she garnered second place in watercolors for the state of Virginia in 2005, her work being published in the book, “Best of Virginia Artists and Artisans, 2005;” her biography is included in “Who's Who Among American Women, 2006,2007, 2008 and 2009.” Four of her paintings were selected as the cover art for the 2006 national journal of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association and, in September of 2006, her article “Ten Tools for Better Watercolors” was published in American Artist Magazine (www.myamericanartist.com). She is a signature member of the Southern Watercolor Society, the Potomac Valley Watercolor Society, the Baltimore Watercolor Society and the Virginia Watercolor Society and a member of the National Watercolor Society.

Telephone: 703-431-6877

P.O. Box 41
Round Hill, VA 20142-0041

Email: chhillis@aol.com

www.catherinehillis.com