Cathryn McEwen

Artist

Born in Toronto in Canada (1960)
Lives and works in Berlin in Germany

Cathryn’s images create an arresting and often emotional response from the viewer. We are witnessing and connecting with an intimate moment in time as in photographic imagery, but because the images are translated into paintings and drawings they have a “hyperreality” about them. There is a sense of humour in some, and a mystery in others. The “personalities” emerge through clever cropping, atmosphere and distortion.

“I have always been interested in extending photographic imagery into a painted or drawn image and translated through a variety of media. Over the past 3 decades I have been exploring body language and movement in order to invite the viewer to relate to figures, animals and other subjects in a unique way. Close-ups combined with distorted perspective and tight cropping, allow for an intriguing deeper emotional connection with the subject.”