Cathy Rose has been either teaching or working as a full-time artist for forty years. She has two art degrees, snd is basically self-taught exploring unique techniques and media for most of her career. For many years, she traveled the country as an art fair artist, building a career and creating lifelong friendships with other artists and collectors. In 2014 Cathy opened Lucky Rose Gallery, first established in the French Quarter for 8 years and now at the new gallery location on Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans.
The work has evolved over the years as Cathy began as a production potter, but became interested in figurative work, both as a sculptor and then as a painter. She is primarily known for assemblage in wood and clay, with inspiration evolving from Southern Primitive or Outsider art. Cathy is drawn to old wood and found object materials, but her work almost always begins with forming clay into heads and hands, which, when fired, are combined with a wide variety of materials. Her studio is filled with bins of old fabrics, wood from architectural resources here in the city, and treasures from my many travels. It can feel both chaotic and serene, a familiar home to her creativity and the very core of her work.
