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Wispy Clouds oil
on linen
20 x 10 $725
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Rocks at the Water's Edge oil
on linen
16 x 20 framed 21 x 25 $975
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High Tide in the Distant Marsh oil
on linen
8 x 24 framed 10.5 x 26.5 $900
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By the Marshes oil
on linen
12 x 36 framed 16.5
x 40.5 $1,600
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Crashing Wave oil
on linen
11.5 x 23.5 framed 17.5
x 29.5 $750
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 Cate
Hunter Kashemwas born in Boston, daughter of artist Robert Douglas Hunter and museum director Elizabeth Ives Hunter. Cate earned a Master's in French literature from Boston University, and has been painting full time since 2007. She was the 2009 artist-in-resident with the Cape Cod Art Association; soon after, she joined the Addison Art Gallery. She maintains a studio in Cambridge, MA.
Her first teacher and greatest artistic influence is her father, who continues to offer critiques. She studied formally at the New School of Classical Art under Dana Levin. She also studied cast and life drawing under Robert Cormier and received additional instruction with David Curtis and Sam Vokey.
Her work has been exhibited nationally in museums on the west and east coasts, at the Copley Society and the Guild of Boston Artists, and at Bedford/St. Martin's Publishing, among other venues. |
Artist's
Statement
It was not always obvious to me that I would become a painter, or "enter the family business" as we sometimes joke. From the beginning, I wanted to be my own person. When I was ten, I remember one of my Dad's students asking me if I would grow up to be an artist like my father. In response, I stood tall, put my hands on my hips, and replied defiantly: "No! I'm going to be a firefighter!" This raised a few eyebrows, I'm sure. Actually, I had no idea what I wanted to be as an adult. All the while, I was fascinated by watching my Dad work.
I continued to paint, refining my approach and learning as much as I could. I work from life, not from photographs, painting landscapes en plein air and creating still life in the studio. My palette and working methods are derived primarily from the Boston School tradition as passed down through the students of Ives Gammell. This means I practice impressionist observation, strive for accurate drawing, and pay attention to design. I explore new avenues with elements from memory and imagination.
My Dad has said, "Painting is easy; it's seeing that's the hard part." Although I am far from thinking painting is "easy," I find wisdom in his words, both in art and in life. Seeing in the sense of understanding -- true perception -- is rare and takes time to achieve. There is always something new to be discovered. In this way, the viewer of a painting brings as much to the experience of art as the creator. We are all artists, if we take time to see.
Many of us take a circuitous route to our dreams, searching far and wide, only to find them close to home. In the words of Marcel Proust, “the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” |
Education
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The New School of Classical Art, Pawtucket, RI
Drawing & Painting, Class of 2008
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Studied with:
Robert Douglas Hunter
Sam Vokey 2011
David Curtis (beginning in 2007)
Robert Cormier (2000-2001)
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Boston University, Boston MA
Master of Arts, French Language and Literature, January 2006
Bachelor of Arts, French Language and Literature, May 2003
Awards & Honors
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"Outstanding Work" Award,
Marblehead Festival of the Arts,
2010
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Teaching Fellowship in French, Boston University, 2004-2006
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Medeiros Scholarship, Boston University, 1999-2003
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Scholarship to Robert Cormier's drawing atelier, 2000-2001
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Exhibitions
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The Subject is Light: The Hank & Sharon Martin
Collection of Contemporary Realism,
At the Maryhill Muesum of Art in Goldendale, WA,
June 9-September 3 2012
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT March-August 2011,
Cape
Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA September-November 2010
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All New England Juried Show, September 2010
Cape Cod Art Association Barnstable, MA
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New England Regional Juried Show August 2010
The Guild
of Boston Artists
Boston, MA
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Landscape/Escape November 2009
The Cape Cod Art Association
Barnstable, MA
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New England Regional Juried Show September 2009
The Guild of Boston Artists Boston, MA
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Painting by the Sea June 2009
Manchester Historical Society Manchester, MA
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Secret Garden Tour Exhibit June 2008
The Cape Cod Museum of Art Dennis, MA
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Alumni Exhibits Spring & Fall 2008
Newton Country Day School Newton, MA
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Seeing & Writing 2006
Bedford/St. Martin’s Boston, MA
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