Cathy grew up in an area of San Jose where the cherry orchards were replaced by Eichler homes. She eventually escaped suburbia to Florence, Italy where she graduated with a B.A. in Italian and met her husband, Architect Craig Steely. She then went to work for the muckraking magazine Mother Jones. After five years, she found painting amoebic shapes preferable to raking muck. Her most intense creation, Zane Kai Steely, was born March 22, 2003. She lives in San Francisco and on the Big Island of Hawaii and continues to be inspired by the fragility and force of life in both places. See her designingmom.com blog here
	GALLERIES/SHOWS February 2007 Aftermodern, San Francisco August 2006 Design Within Reach, Berkeley April 2006 Applegate Art Gallery, Santa Monica October 2004 Applegate Art Gallery, Malibu August 2004 Friend SF, San Francisco December 2002 Shibumi Project, San Francisco September 2002 Cowboys & Angels, San Francisco July 2002 Van Go Gallery, Sacramento July 2001 Glama Rama, San Francisco October 2000 LIMN, San Francisco June 2000-May 2004 www.NextMonet.com May 2000 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco April 1999 ATA, San Francisco October 1997 Space, San Francisco ARTIST STATEMENT My abstract organic paintings are a playful meditation on life—how we’re interconnected with everyone and everything, yet uniquely shaped and part of a vibrant dynamic whole. This artwork was created from the joy in my heart for your viewing pleasure.