Catherine Eaton Skinner

Catherine Eaton Skinner is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans encaustic, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and poetry. Her work reflects a sustained engagement with the natural world, drawing on elemental archetypes of earth, water, fire, air, and ether to explore balance, change, and continuity.

Raised in the Pacific Northwest, Skinner earned a BA in Biology from Stanford University while studying painting with Bay Area Figurative artists Nathan Oliveira and Frank Lobdell. She worked for twenty years as a biological illustrator specializing in marine ecosystems along the Pacific Coast. This early training continues to inform her careful attention to structure, pattern, and material process. Skinner works between studios in Seattle, Washington, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2017 East/West Calligraphy, group workshop, Kazuaki Tanahashi, Master East Asian Calligrapher, Venice, Italy

2015 Monotype, private workshop, Ron Pokrasso, Santa Fe, NM

2006-2007 Glass Casting with Susan Balshor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2004 Beyond Monotype, Ron Pokrasso; College of Santa Fe Print Center, NM

2002 Beyond Monotype, Ron Pokrasso; College of Santa Fe Print Center, NM

2000 Stone Lithography, Phyllis McGibbon; University of Washington & Pratt Fine Arts Center

1996 Monotype Workshop, Linda Goodman; Florence, Italy

1992-1993 Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Painting Workshops, Portland, OR

1985 Portland State University, “New Art, New Music, New York”, Portland, OR

1968 B.S., Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Art minor under Nathan Oliveira & Frank Lobdell; Stanford University, CA

1967 Stanford in Italy, Spring-Summer; Florence, Italy

1966 Hopkins Marine Station; Research written, illustrated & published, Monterey, CA

In her art career, Skinner has presented over 50 solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 invitational group exhibitions nationally and internationally.