Cathy Faughnan

I grew up in Pueblo CO watching and learning to sew from my mother turned textile artist.

Oil painting of a mountain landscape with wildflowers in a sunlit meadow beneath clouds. — Untitled
Oil

Selected Works

Desert landscape with cacti and angular rock formations under geometric yellow sky, acrylic painting.

Golden aspens and wildflowers flourish beneath the tilted red-rock slabs of the Boulder Flatirons.

The Boulder Flatirons rise behind yellow aspens and blooming wildflowers in this oil landscape.

Colorful floral bouquet in a glass vase against a soft blue background, rendered in oil paint.

Purple irises bloom along a white picket fence beside an evergreen in this acrylic garden scene.

A water tower and desert settlement rendered in bold acrylic against a vivid orange and yellow sunset.

Colonial town with red bell tower and blue dome beneath an expressionist orange sky.

Saguaro cactus and blooming desert flowers beneath a radiant sky in bold acrylic.

A stylized ferris wheel outlined in black ink overlays a vibrant background of layered rectangles and circles in multiple colors.

Oil painting of the Boulder Flatirons rising above a green meadow and river valley under blue sky.

Aspen trees frame a view of the tilted red-rock Boulder Flatirons rising beyond a sunlit valley.

About the Artist

I grew up in Pueblo CO watching and learning to sew from my mother turned textile artist. I attended the University of Colorado and received a degree in Environmental Design with many classes in art, design and art history. I then went on to work as an urban planner in New York City but always wanted to paint. I moved back to Colorado in 2003 and raised 3 kids in Lafayette while volunteering and dabbling in painting. In 2017 when my youngest graduated from high school, I finally had time to really dig into painting, so I started taking classes from local artist, attending workshops and experimenting with different mediums and techniques, I landed on acrylic but have recently dabble in sculpture, mixed media and stitched collage. I am thrilled to be a Key Artist at R Gallery in Boulder. I participate in the Boulder Open Studios and East Boulder County Artist Studio Tours and show at pARTiculars Gallery in Lafayette and Western Stars Gallery in Lyons. I teach acrylic painting and mixed media at pARTiculars Gallery in Lafayette.