Lionheart Graphics | Travel Art by Catherine LaPointe Vollmer
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    • Northeastern Landscapes
    • Plein Air
    • National Parks
    • Tree Paintings
    • Small Studies
    • People and Portraits
    • Architecture
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    • Etsy Poster Shop
    • Saatchi Gallery

About Catherine LaPointe Vollmer

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I live in the "North Country," the area of New York above the Adirondack Mountains near the Canadian border. I have experience in graphic design, children's books, and book covers. These days I find myself mostly a pastel painter and poster artist. I enjoy dabbling in different styles of artwork, and always have several projects going at once. 

I love to travel, and am often inspired to create artwork from my travels. However, it wasn’t until I started visiting the national parks that I began to focus my art on the wonders that the natural world has to offer. Nature had always surrounded me, and I realized that I had been taking the beauty of my home for granted. 

This revelation led to a new love of plein-air painting- getting up close to an area that I might otherwise have just driven by. While I enjoy painting big, impressive vistas, my first love is for the quieter scenes that may be overlooked or under-appreciated. I love to paint a broken tree or a marshy stand of weeds in a way that makes you think twice about what beauty really is. 

This focus pushes me to connect more closely with the landscape, to seek out that unique perspective that can make someplace strange feel as familiar as home. I want to connect with the spirit of a place and then, in my own way, communicate that connection to the viewer. In doing so, I hope to inspire in people a new appreciation for the humble, the mundane, and the familiar joys of life.​

Why Lionheart?

The name started back in my college days- I was playing with an anagram generator and it rearranged "Catherine LaPointe" into "Patience Lionheart". I thought it sounded pretty cool, but soon forgot about it. After many years it re-entered my mind because of how well it has represented my journey. I have absolutely needed to learn patience while building my business. But patience alone won't get you anywhere. If you want something to happen, you need to believe you can do it. Don't take no for an answer- make it happen.
​Be bold.
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Member Of:

Pastel Society of America
Adirondack Pastel Society (Secretary)
International Association of Pastel Societies
St. Lawrence County Arts Council
Bryan Memorial Gallery- Jeffersonville, VT
​Southeastern Pastel Society

Represented By:

SLC Arts
6 Raymond St, Potsdam, NY

TAUNY
53 Main St, Canton NY

Shannon Consultants, Inc
PO Box 809, ​Clifton Park, NY 12065



Awards and Recognition:

2022 St. Lawrence County Local Producer of the Year
2022 Adirondack National Pastel Society Blick Art Materials Award
2021 Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival: Award of Distinction
2019 Remsen Barn Festival of the Arts:  3rd Place for Arts & Crafts B
2018 Public Art Fellowship, New York State Council on the Arts
2018 Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival: Award of Distinction
2018 Remsen Barn Festival of the Arts:  1st Place for Arts & Crafts B
2014 Public Art Fellowship, New York State Council on the Arts

Press:

2021- North Country Public Radio, “First Person: Looking Back at COP26, National Park Paintings, Madstop Records”, November 26
2021- American Handcrafted podcast, July
2021- Detroit News, "Where to Find Gov. Whitmer's Popular Vintage-Inspired Great Lakes Posters", March 25
2020- Architectural Digest online, "Inside the Rise in Demand for Travel Art", October 1
2020- North Country Public Radio, “The Challenges and Rewards of Plein Air Painting in Autumn”, October 21
View Catherine's C.V.
Watch Timelapse Painting Videos on Youtube
Where Can You View Catherine's Work in Person?
The Pastellist
"The Pastellist" 18x18" soft pastel, 2022.

Previous Clients

  • North Country Children's Museum
  • Curran Renewable Energy
  • ​Lexingford Publishing
  • ​Bon-Ton Close to Home
  • The Health Initiative
  • Traditional Arts of Upstate New York
  • Ives Park Concert Series
  • What a Raquette Music & Dance
  • Millennial Currency​
  • ​Cornell Cooperative Extension Kitchen
  • Say Yes to Education Foundation
  • Christmas Tree Shops
  • ​Tri-Town Packing
  • Potsdam Food Co-op
  • Frazer Computing, Inc.
  • Syracuse Cultural Workers
  • Ninth Annual Syracuse Poster Project

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  • About Catherine LaPointe Vollmer
    • Contact
    • CV
  • Travel Posters
    • NY Travel Posters
    • Great Outdoors Travel Posters
    • National Park Posters
    • State Travel Posters
    • Great Lakes Travel Posters
    • Custom Posters
  • Fine Art
    • Northeastern Landscapes
    • Plein Air
    • National Parks
    • Tree Paintings
    • Small Studies
    • People and Portraits
    • Architecture
  • Where to Buy
    • Etsy Poster Shop
    • Saatchi Gallery