Canadian artist Cathie Gellatly’s love of painting began as a child. “After raising my family and a career in nursing I found time to indulge my passion for art,” says Gellatly, who started her career with a certificate in fine arts. The artist works in oil, acrylic and watercolor, creating bright and inviting landscapes, seascapes and other idyllic scenes. She describes her art as representational, comprising traditional landscapes that come from her travels both around her home in the Toronto, Ontario, area and abroad. “I do make the occasional foray into some abstractions of shape and color. Still life also makes an appearance, usually flowers,” she adds. 
Oxtongue Rapids, oil, 14 x 10"
Into the Light, oil, 36 x 24"
Exhibitions and workshops began featuring her work, and soon after, Gellatly began receiving awards for her artistic endeavors, the most recent being her submission in International Artist magazine’s Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes competition. “The primary goal of my work is to portray the mood of the land, the universality of land, rather than one specific place. Hopefully my work will evoke a special nostalgia for a similar place in each viewers’ memory,” says Gellatly. In 2013, she retired to a small town north of Toronto surrounded by the beautiful towns, valleys, lakes and vistas of the Georgian Bay landscape, continuously igniting the desire to create. 
Chandos Sunset, oil, 18 x 24"
Uclulet Tree #2, acrylic, 24 x 24"
“The inspiration for my artwork comes mostly from nature and from memories associated with each location. And, of course, light,” she says. “Capturing the beauty of the light which gives us life has challenged artists for centuries. I especially love the patterns occurring naturally in our world—ripples on the water, a row of trees, the concentric petals of a rose. I love trees, even in the winter when I can see their ‘bones’ and dead trees. In Ontario our trees are always changing,” says Gellatly, “beginning to bud, covered in green, vibrant in their yellows and reds, sprinkled with snow or sparkling with ice.” —
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