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?
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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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