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Cathy Locke
Cathy Locke is a San Francisco-based figurative artist, writer and lecturer. She was born in Oxford, Mississippi and raised in America’s deep south until she was twelve. Cathy spent the majority of her teenage years living between Los Angeles and New York, finally settling in California’s wine country north of San Francisco. She has a B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design and a M.F.A. from the Academy of Art University, both with honors. Cathy teaches figurative courses for the graduate department at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has received over forty accolades for her paintings, including ones from: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Pastel Society of America, Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, the Pastel Journal, Northern California Artists Association and University of Oregon. Her work has been featured in six museum shows and is collected by civic and educational institutions, as well as private patrons across the United States, Canada and Europe.

Writing about art is a big part of Cathy’s art practice. She is the editor-in-chief of Musings-on-art.org. She has also been published by Palgrave Macmillan, the Military History Quarterly and American Arts Quarterly. Cathy is currently writing a book on Russian art.

Russian Art Tour - Cathy is the founder of Russian Art Tour (russianarttour.com), which allows her the pleasure of lecturing on both Russian and European art in Moscow and St. Petersburg.