CATHY O’KEEFE

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Cathy O’Keefe is a self-taught abstract expressionist painter. She works in oils, acrylics, watercolors, mixed media, and gouache. Many of her paintings move from abstract to interpreted realism. Her work is about color and movement.  For the artist, painting is a meditative process where materials lead the way. Her paintings are constructed from a wide variety of palettes. In contrast, O’Keefe’s monotypes are delicate, painterly, and quiet.

O’Keefe’s paintings have been featured in galleries and cultural centers including the Dorsky Museum in New Paltz, New York; the IMAGO Gallery in Warren, Rhode Island; Medford Arts in Medford, New Jersey; and the Gallery @ Paragon in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. In New York City her work has been exhibited at numerous venues, including the Pictor Gallery, Pleiades Gallery, Ceres Gallery, Taller Boricua, P.S. 109, Carter Burden Gallery; and the Greenpoint Gallery.

In addition, O’Keefe’s work is in public and corporate collections including those of the Justice Center of Southeast Massachusetts in Brockton; Tri-Valley Transit in Middlebury, Vermont; the North Suffolk Mental Health Association in Chelsea, MA; and Eliot Community Human Services in Lynn, Massachusetts.

O’Keefe taught painting to seniors as part of a CAC grant and to seniors at Covello/Carter Burden Network and the YM/WHA in Manhattan. She is an active member of the New York Artists Circle, the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, and the New York Society of Women Artists.