Cathy Tou Gardner has dreamed of being an artist ever since she was fifteen and her art teacher appreciated her paintings. Being raised in a traditional Chinese family, her parents did not encourage art as vocation. Spending most of her adult life working and raising kids as a single parent, Cathy's passion for art fell by the way side for the next forty some years.
Once Cathy was free to create, inspiration came flooding in. Cathy is inspired by her passion for wildlife and nature and from her travels. The beaches, mountains, flowers, and wildlife; everything seems possible.
Cathy was born, raised and educated in Taiwan. She graduated with an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Cal State Long Beach, and worked in the fields of Supply Chain and Business Analysis throughout her career in the automotive, pharmaceutical, and insurance industries.