Lines and Layers: Handwriting inspires Courtenaye’s art
by Michele Corriel
Catherine Courtenaye’s oil paintings speak in a subconscious non-linear language using layers of thinly applied color and Victorian-era penmanship details, not only as visual objects in her work but as marks, reminders of a time when conformity, above all else, dominated our culture. But it is the deviations that Courtenaye most treasures, as these are the tiny voices rebelling in the margins and endpapers. To read more.