Catherine Gray is an artist living in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. She studied fine art in the school of Art and Design Sligo. In the 80s she worked with a freelance designer in New York designing and creating knitwear for the American market. With now more than 20 years’ experience working with textiles, Catherine has explored a variety of media and loves the tactile qualities of combining these techniques together.
Combining fabrics and paper has been a wonderful challenge both from the perspective of collaging materials together and the opportunity to challenge the traditional understanding of the division between the visible and the unseen. My landscapes come from memory. I allow my surroundings to develop in my mind where the colours and textures intensify and exaggerate. Some of my pieces are made from treasured fabrics which hold a history of family memories. This brings a whole new dimension to the work.
