Gwen Cates

Gwen Cates is a painterly realist colorist who paints oils on location and creates abstract collage and figurative work in her studio. Recently, she joined SCAPE artists on a painting trip to Santa Cruz Island.

Cates has had solo exhibits at the Edith Grove Gallery in London followed by one person shows at Alex Gallery in the Du Pont Circle area of Washington D.C. as well as numerous exhibits in Virginia and California Galleries. She has been exhibiting professionally for over two decades.

Cates’ most recent solo exhibit, “Colorscapes,” was at the Elverhoj Museum gallery in the spring of 2006. Cates has twice been a featured artist for the Santa Barbara County Vintner’s Association Spring Festival at Firestone Meadows. In 2004, Fox Searchlight displayed her Santa Barbara County landscapes at the Gala Premier of “Sideways.” Her solo shows include Artist of the Month at the San Luis Artists’ Gallery and exhibits of recent landscapes at Tantara Winery’s spring and fall Open Houses, an exhibit at the Faulkner Gallery East in Santa Barbara, “An Evening of Tantara Wines and Gwen Cates’ Art” hosted by Los Olivos Wines and Spirits Emporium, and an exhibit at ArtBrut in Los Alamos.

Cates studied Fine Art at Virginia Commonwealth University and later at Hollins University where she graduated with honors.

Her paintings are in collections in England, Europe, and the United States including Radford University, president’s executive office suite, Radford, Virginia; Patrick A. Feiner private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands; General Motors – Fanuc, Detroit, Michigan; Jonathan Rogers Law office, Roanoke, VA and the City of Roanoke Permanent Collection, Roanoke Civic Enter Auditorium.

For more information go to www.gwencatesart.net