Catherine McCargar

The Garden s Upper Story, Original Painting

2025

Artist Comments
Deep purple and red leaves stand out against a background of bright foliage. Artist Catherine McCargar, an avid gardener and watercolorist, drew inspiration from the way the sun lit up the leaves in her garden. She paints the foreground with careful detail and suggests the background by her deft brushwork reminiscent of Japanese sumi-e painting.

About the Artist
Impressionist artist Catherine McCargar paints primarily in transparent watercolor, capturing the fleeting brilliance and quiet subtleties of the natural world and countryside scenes. "The created world is splendidly colorful, and this delights me," says Catherine. A lifelong artist, she has been making pictures for as long as she can remember. Largely self-taught, she refined her skills over the years through plein air practice, painting alongside a group of established artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who had studied under the beloved watercolorist Jade Fon. Catherine’s studio is a dedicated space in her home, filled with natural light and the pleasant hum of creative disorder as she works at her easel or tabletop. When she's not painting, she tends to her thriving garden, propagating plants to share with friends, or cooking seasonal meals from her favorite Berkeley market.

Words that describe this painting: leaf, leaves, autumn, tree, fall, botanical, garden, season, foliage, impressionism, flora, watercolor painting, purple, yellow

The Garden's Upper Story
Catherine McCargar
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2025
18 in. h x 24 in. w
0 lbs. 2 oz.