CATHERINE GUTSCHE

CATHERINE GUTSCHE
Edge of Weather - Solo exhibition Feb 18 - June 11 / Gallery II at WCFHT, Carp

Exhibition Description:
Created during an invitational residency in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, this body of work emerges from the raw meeting place of land, ocean, and sky. The paintings channel the volatility and lyricism of Newfoundland’s coastal landscape; its shifting light, restless winds, and the ceaseless rhythm of the Atlantic. Layered gestures, sweeping marks, and veils of colour evoke both the physical terrain and the emotional undercurrents of solitude, immersion, and awe. Moving between turbulence and stillness, these works are not literal depictions but felt impressions; translations of cliff edges, tidal surges, salt air, and open horizon into dynamic abstraction. Edge of Weather captures a season of responsiveness to place, where memory, movement, and environment converge on the surface.
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ARTIST’S BIO & STATEMENT
Catherine Gutsche earned her BFA at York University 1980. She creates abstracted compositions on paper, wood panels and canvas alluding to forms in nature, sound and light, exploring colour, line, rhythm, and texture - driven by a need to engage the mind. Her art is abstract but rooted in real experiences - what she sees and how moments make her feel. She works without sketches, choosing instead to let memory and emotion guide the process. Each painting emerges as a dialogue with the canvas, where marks and colour build on one another to suggest a story without being literal. It is less about representation and more about capturing a sense of place and the feelings carried within it.
Her work is held in collections in Canada, Australia, England, France, the Netherlands and the US. Catherine has attended residencies at Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto; Pouch Cove Foundation Artist Residency, Newfoundland and was awarded a Denis Diderot Grant to attend the Chateau d’Orquevaux International Residency, France.
In 2013, four paintings by Catherine were purchased for the permanent collection for the Ottawa Public Library, Carp. In 2025, “The Colour of Conversation” was added to the permanent collection of the Diderot Gallery held by the Chateau d’Orquevaux.