My name is Catherine Farren-Price and I am an Australian contemporary artist.
I worked as a professional artist, makeup artist, and educator for over 40 years. I am equally passionate about art and makeup as the two are closely linked sharing the same elements of color, line, texture, tone, and form.
I started my career as an art educator. After 8 years of teaching, I completed a Diploma of Screen & Media: Specialist Makeup. I worked in the television industry for the next 16 years. My job included makeup for bridal, fashion, commercials, film, and special effects. Afterward, I went back to painting full-time for 8 years. Later I was drawn back to teaching and taught Diploma of Specialist Makeup at The Art & Technology of Makeup College and more recently at The National Institute of Dramatic Art (Nida).
This new series of paintings combines my love of painting and makeup artistry and explores themes of nature, femininity, and the human experience.