Hello! I’m Catherine Athena.
Welcome to my little studio virtuale, here on the internet.
I’m so delighted you are here.
A little about me… I headed out from sunny New Zealand and travelled across the world to England looking for adventure, castles and the woodland creatures I adored in ‘The Wind in the Willows’.
I’ve studied with witches, druids and shamans, was touched by Lightning during a sudden storm and find enchantment in lonely, windswept landscapes. I love riding around town on my cornflower-blue vintage bicycle and I lose myself (becoming thoroughly ensconced) in messy mixed-media art creation, illustration, weaving ‘spells’, visual journals and found-poetry collages . . .
I can also be found immersed in a good book or watching arthouse indie cinema - which I find provides inspiration and indulges my senses… or out in nature capturing the seasons changing with my camera.
Being a highly sensitive person presents some challenges in this modern world. I prefer more analogue slower-paced living and I adore hand-drawn, hand-made books and journals. Hand-inked lettering, Indie publishing and traditional materials look (and feel) very different to me at a time when so much is digitally produced.
My core mission is creating beauty and magic in the world.
Thank you so much for being here…
C xo
Please note: © All of my artwork and designs are created by hand using traditional methods and absolutely nothing is AI assisted or generated. I own the copyright to all my own images and words, as they appear here, on my website (or elsewhere). You can only reproduce this material (full or in part) elsewhere, in any way, with my prior consent and written permission.
Thank you.
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Love, Catherine Athena
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