Bachelor's Buttons in full bloom during month of May, 2000 in Napa Valley, CA. The artist spent almost the full month of May in Napa and Sonoma Valleys; after spending April in Washington, State. Watercolor, mixed mediums.
Postcard Journal of a Traveling Artist 2000
A six month journey depicted with original watercolor/ink/pencil/pastel works on handmade postcards.
Chased Spring wildflower blooms and landscapes across the western edge of the Pacific Rim - California to Canada on the coast.
Began project in April 2000 and finished original 120 page book in December 2000. The journal is the accomplishment of a collaboration between Catherine Oswald and her partner.
Contact Catherine: fauvearts@gmail.com
Catherine Oswald is a self portrait artist working with oil paint on canvas and pastel works on paper.
Catherine has been exhibited across the West Coast. Her work is sold to private collectors throughout the United States.
In March, 2000, Oswald, closed a full time retail gallery/studio featuring her work, packed up almost all of her belongings into storage, and began a seasonal Spring/Summer six month journey where Oswald's goal was to keep her journal on postcards; Catherine has kept her journal on postcards, napkins, and other bits and shards of paper since high school.
Oswald has assembled an original book which includes one hundred and twenty postcards from their travels to Napa Valley, The Columbia River Gorge, Oregon State, Washington State, John Muir Wilderness, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Yosemite National Park, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Lakes, Mt. Rainer National Park, and Olympic National Park.
Catherine chased spring wildflower blooms and landscapes and depicted these on wonderful hand made postcards as her daily journal.
Each page of the work has the front and back of the postcard mounted on it, so the reader can read along while looking at the original art. The postcards include gardens, vineyards, events (such as concerts), and other compelling travel stops the pair made.
Oswald is keenly interested in the opinions of talented people within the publishing and arts community over this work. Oswald has kept her journal on postcards, napkins, and other mediums since 1986 and has continued her Postcard Journal; recently beginning to assemble her 2007-2008 journal into her latest book: Haiku on a Dime/Bukowski Shotgun Weddings/Postcards to Myself.
See Oswald's latest Postcard Journal:
Haiku on a Dime - Bukowski Shotgun Weddings - Postcards to Myself
Contact Catherine: fauvearts@gmail.com
Flowers with Aspens in the Ansel Adams Wilderness in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The artists hiked extensively though John Muir Wilderness and Yosemite National Park as well during July; after spending June at the Columbia River Gorge, in Oregon. Watercolor and ink.
The Olympic Range in August, 2000 while the artist was in the area. The artist hiked through Mt. Rainier and the Olympic National Park during her travels; and then after to Devil's Postpile National Monument. Watercolor and ink.