Cathy Heno Suffel
Contact Information
Biography
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Cathy Heno Suffel, formerly a Houston, Texas resident, became interested in art in her late twenties. Primarily a self taught artist, she has widened her knowledge by participating in formal art classes at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, (Glassell School of Art), Houston Baptist University, and the Art League of Houston.
Her education includes a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas and a Masters of Education degree from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
The unique collage paintings the artist is now creating have evolved through a culmination of the different media in which she has worked for the last thirty years. They include oils on canvas, acrylics on canvas, and different printmaking techniques. As a printmaker, she created original limited editions of serigraphs, collagraphs, and embossings.
The artist uses a variety of 100% rag, acid free, hand made and mould-made papers to create her collage paintings. The paper is soaked in water and embossed using intaglio plates Cathy has created. This gives the finished piece a highly textured, three dimensional look. The paper is then painted with different oil and acrylic solutions to attain the vibrant, unusual color combinations. Pastels are used as well. The embossed, painted paper is hand torn in different shapes and adhered onto a painted canvas.
Artist's Statement
Having been on a path of self-discovery my entire adult life, I find my work has always reflected my inward journey. As I have struggled, stretched and grown with life's challenges, my art work has taken on a wholeness and serenity that I feel only comes with many years of life experience.
My humble wish is that my collages will help depict to Women, the great strength and character that we each possess. It is time for Women to BLOSSOM! The Search of Women for Themselves has barely begun...
National Galleries & Exhibitions
Longbranch Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin - 2004
Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts, Richardson, Texas - 2003
Details & Green Shoelaces Gallery, Tucson, Arizona - 2000
Art Spectrum Gallery, North Miami Beach, Florida - 1998
My Daddy's Gallery, Owings Mills, Maryland - 1996-1998
River Cafe, Houston, Texas, one-woman exhibition - 1991
Sakowitz Center, Houston, Texas, one-woman exhibition - 1990
Judith N. Wolov Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, group-exhibition- 1992
The Adobe Wall Gallery, Houston, Texas - 1983, one-woman exhibition, "Collagraphs"
Leighton-Richey Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
Koski-Long Gallery, Houston, Texas - 1982
Brinkman's Gallery, Houston, Texas - 1981
Houston Art Center, Houston, Texas - 1980
Hyatt Regency, Houston, Texas, one-woman exhibition - 1977
Selected Exhbitions
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University of Michigan Guild Summer Arts Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan - 1978-2004
Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, Texas - 1995-2004
Dallas 500, Inc. Dallas, Texas - 2002
Southwest School of Art & Craft, Fiesta Arts Fair, San Antonio, Texas - 2001
Texas Arts and Crafts Fair, Kerrville, Texas - 1999-2001
Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota - 2001
Oakbrook Center Invitational Fine Art Show, Chicago, Illinois - 1997, 2000-2001
Boston Mills Art Fest, Boston Mills Ski Resort, Ohio - 2001
Port Clinton Art Festival, Chicago, Illinois - 2000
Boca Raton Museum Art Festival, Boca Raton, Florida - 2000
Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo, New York - 1999
Mount Dora Center for the Arts Festival - 1998
Art Festival of Atlanta, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia - 1997
Art Council of Oklahoma City Fine Art Festival, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 1990-1995
American Craft Council Craft Fair, West Springfield, Massachusetts -1995
Laguna Gloria Art Museum Fine Art Festival-Austin, Texas; Best of Show in "Oils" - 1994
Gasparilla, Tampa, Florida - 1989
Kansas City Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, Missouri - 1987
Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, Florida - 1985
Septemberfest Museum Show, Midland, Texas - 1980-1984
Karmezaar Museum Show, El Paso, Texas - 1983
Festival of the Masters, Disney World, Orlando, Florida - 1980
Publications
Book cover design for book entitled Throat Poems by Mary Ann Wehler published in 2003
Book cover design for book entitled Walking Through Deep Snow by Mary Ann Wehler published in 1997
Bookcover design entitled "Strong and Beautiful Women" for text Variations on the Ordinary, published in 1995
An interview and showing of "collage" artwork on Channel 2 (NBC), "Afternoon with Ron Stone", November 14, 1990
The featured artist of the Houston Scene Magazine - 1975
A full-page article in the Houston Chronicle, "Life Style" focusing on her paintings, her home and family - 1975
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