National Center for Farmworker Health
Annual Commemorative Artwork
Meet the Artist...Cathleen "Cathy" Strickland
Annual Commemorative Artwork
Meet the Artist...Cathleen "Cathy" Strickland
Cathy Strickland graduated from the Portfolio Center, in Atlanta, Georgia, with a certificate in Illustration. Although she studied illustration, the program she undertook focused on drawing and painting. Through the rigorous program, she quickly realized she’s a story-teller, utilizing the mediums of oil and acrylic painting as well as collages. She enjoys building texture and visual interest in her art.
Cathy’s favorite projects have been private commissions, collaborating with individuals to create biographical paintings, working with the Salvation Army to create paintings for their annual Mother’s Day card and point-of-purchase display, as well as being the Motown artist to draw India Arie for one of her music videos filmed in Atlanta’s Little Five Points.
While traveling extensively throughout the United States and Europe, Cathy learned German. She was a homemaker for nearly two decades, but once her family settled in the Atlanta area and all four of her children were school-aged, the opportunity to explore her artist talents surfaced again.
Cathy was born to a Polish-American mother from upstate New York and a Tennessee mountain man, who ran away from home to join the Air Force at the age of sixteen. She credits her father with her love of art, as he taught her to draw from a very young age. As the child of a military father, she found solace and comfort in art through the myriad changes experienced every few years with new locales, schools and friends. It was the familiarity of art which grounded her while her exterior world was in constant flux.
During her middle school years Cathy added a love of music to her artistic repertoire. The melody of the flute sung to her heart then, just as it continues to do so today. She is active in the orchestra at her church, where she met her fiancé. Together they often enjoy exploring funky, out-of-the-way antique shops.
A limited number of fine art prints, commemorative posters and greeting cards are available for sale. Proceeds of art sales benefit the NCFH Migrant Health Scholarship Fund and awards will be made next year based on the volume of sales from this year.
The scholarship recipients are individuals who are currently employed at community/migrant health centers and have decided to advance their education academically and recommit to migrant health as their career choice. Awardees represent a variety of health professions, disciplines and backgrounds.
Looking for a gift to give, the prints, posters and greeting cards make great gifts for your friends, family, or co-workers.
Cathy’s favorite projects have been private commissions, collaborating with individuals to create biographical paintings, working with the Salvation Army to create paintings for their annual Mother’s Day card and point-of-purchase display, as well as being the Motown artist to draw India Arie for one of her music videos filmed in Atlanta’s Little Five Points.
While traveling extensively throughout the United States and Europe, Cathy learned German. She was a homemaker for nearly two decades, but once her family settled in the Atlanta area and all four of her children were school-aged, the opportunity to explore her artist talents surfaced again.
Cathy was born to a Polish-American mother from upstate New York and a Tennessee mountain man, who ran away from home to join the Air Force at the age of sixteen. She credits her father with her love of art, as he taught her to draw from a very young age. As the child of a military father, she found solace and comfort in art through the myriad changes experienced every few years with new locales, schools and friends. It was the familiarity of art which grounded her while her exterior world was in constant flux.
During her middle school years Cathy added a love of music to her artistic repertoire. The melody of the flute sung to her heart then, just as it continues to do so today. She is active in the orchestra at her church, where she met her fiancé. Together they often enjoy exploring funky, out-of-the-way antique shops.
A limited number of fine art prints, commemorative posters and greeting cards are available for sale. Proceeds of art sales benefit the NCFH Migrant Health Scholarship Fund and awards will be made next year based on the volume of sales from this year.
The scholarship recipients are individuals who are currently employed at community/migrant health centers and have decided to advance their education academically and recommit to migrant health as their career choice. Awardees represent a variety of health professions, disciplines and backgrounds.
Looking for a gift to give, the prints, posters and greeting cards make great gifts for your friends, family, or co-workers.
Help us support the Migrant Health Scholarship program by purchasing today!
"Dignified Work" by the artist Cathleen "Cathy" Strickland
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