My name is Catherine Farren-Price and I am an Australian contemporary artist.

I have worked as a professional artist (painter), makeup artist and educator for over 40 years. I am equally passionate about art and makeup as the two are closely linked sharing the same elements of colour, line, texture, tone and form. I started my career as an artist/art educator.

After 8 years of teaching art, I decided I needed to spread my creative wings and so I enrolled in and completed a Diploma of Theatrical makeup. Shortly after completing my course, I started a job in the television industry as a makeup artist on an Australian drama series, “Sons and Daughters”. It was there that I learnt all about the television industry and continued to work on television shows for the next 16 years. My career in makeup also included bridal, fashion, commercials, film and Special Effects.

After a career in the makeup industry, I went back to painting full-time for 8 years I was also drawn back to teaching and taught Diploma of Specialist Makeup at The Art & Technology of Makeup College and more recently at The National Institute of Dramatic Art (Nida) This new series of paintings combines my love of painting and makeup artistry and explores themes of nature, femininity, and the human experience.