<p>Catherine ( Cate) is a native San Franciscan, lifelong artist and supporting member of local art guilds in the areas she has lived on both &nbsp;the east and west coasts and in the eastern Sierra of California. Her BFA in Illustration from the San Francisco Academy of Art has given her many diverse opportunities as a free lance artist, as well as commercial art direction, teaching, book, greeting card illustration, editorial art, cartooning, and theatre set, costume, and prop design. As a fine artist she has continued to to show and receive awards in juried exhibitions. She and her husband and 3 dogs live in Escondido, CA, near to grown children and grandchildren.</p>