Cathy Stanfield has been drawing and painting since childhood and  formally studied fine arts and Interior Design at the Design Institute of San  Diego.  Although born and raised in California, her years working in the fashion industry as a professional model for international legacy agency, Elite Model Management prompted a move to New York City and Paris.  During these years she  furthered her artistic  exploration while maintaining a  successful career being featured in fashion magazines, catalogs and  commercial advertising campaigns worldwide. The influence those years  had in shaping Cathy's creative style are prominent in her work which reflects a flair for fashion and and beauty in her portrait and figurative work. Her abstracts are inspired by natural elements of land and seascapes that evoke mood, imagination and fluidity.  Cathy now resides in the Pacific Northwest nestled in the Olympic Peninsula  of Sequim, WA.