Nantucket Fine Artist Cate Raphael opens her studio to the public on June 14th

Artist Cate Raphael opens

her studio to the public on June 14th

Nantucket, MA

May 29, 2014

“My paintings are non

traditional landscapes. I love blending the real with the unreal.

Realism melting into the abstract space. The canvas is my creative

playground and I get to make it my own.” ~ Cate Raphael

Fine

Artist Cate Raphael opens her studio to the public for viewing on June 14th

with hors d’oeurves, wine and

music by Nantucket Beach Drums.

Cate’s

paintings blend the realistic and the fantastic in her dramatic scenes. Calling herself a landscape

artist, her medium is oil on canvas and her paintings show her interpretation

of the beautiful land- and cloudscapes of Nantucket, MA. Cate calls herself a

cloud chaser, seeking the most interesting shapes and meshing them with the

landscape.

Cate

has been drawing her whole life. She studied Fine Art and Early Education at

Goddard College (B.A.) plus art courses at UVM, Bennington College, NISDA and with Ken Layman. A

resident of Nantucket since 1980, last fall Cate finally gave up teaching

preschool for her main passion. She belongs to The Artists’ Association there,

where she has also studied and which accepted her as an Artist member in 2012. Her

paintings currently hang at the Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery, Nantucket

Artworks and Nantucket Chamber of Commerce office on Nantucket.

Painting

is a spiritual experience for Cate and people say her paintings make them feel

peaceful. She planned her Studio Show to share that experience with art lovers

on the island. Visit her at her studio

on June 14th from 5:30 to 7:30pm, Cate Raphael, 26 Miacomet Road in

Nantucket, MA.

Please

contact Cate at ackcate@gmail.com, on her Facebook page

Nantucket Fantasy Scapes, or tel 508-325-8829 with any questions about her

studio show, a purchase or to commission a landscape of your choice.