Paintings | Catherine Parker

• Hearth Side

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Patience

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 36 inches x 24 inches x 1.5 inches

• Still Life with Blue Plate

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Jury is Out

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 24 inches x 24 inches x 1 inch

• Looking for my Mother 2

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Afterschool Armchair Session

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Looking for my Mother

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Golden Hour

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Sides painted a soft sky blue. Cold wax varnish.

• Shine Bright

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Sides painted a neutral grey. Painting finished with cold wax varnish.

• Keeping Her Head

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. This piece inspired by my time spent at my cottage, sitting on my dock looking out at the lake. Sides painted a neutral grey. Painting finished with cold w…

• Trying on for Size

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Sides painted a neutral grey. Finished with a cold wax varnish.

• Touchdown 3

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Sides are painted a neutral grey. Painting finished with cold wax varnish.

• Midnight Run

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Sides painted in a soft dark grey. Cold wax varnish.

• Rearranging the Universe

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch

• On My Mind

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1 inch. Because I paint intuitively, this figure came about through the application of many layers, mark making and finally collage using my Gelli prints to bring her…

• Still Life with Blue Teapot

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Still Life with Pink Pitcher

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Still Life inspired by Van Gogh

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Inspired by Van Gogh's painting Still Life with a Plate of Onions, I wanted to recreate the mood with muted colour palette, with the table at an angle. Cur…

• Still Life with Mirror Image

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Whirligig

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Tempest in a Teapot

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 20 inches x 16 inches x 1.0 inch. Inspired by summer days spent at the cottage, sitting on our dock looking out at the lake, or being out on the boat. I had fun adding still life references…

• Depths of Time

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.0 inch. Inspired by summer days at the cottage, sitting on our dock looking out at the lake. Time seems to slow down, perspective opens up, allowing for reflections…

• Blue Belle

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• The Man on the Moon got back on his Foot

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Harlequin Harmony

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches

• Sweet Pea

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.0 inch. Finished with a cold wax varnish to give a soft satin look. Sides painted a neutral grey.

• Musical Chairs

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 24 inches x 24 inches x 1.5 inches

• Fury

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Acrylic mixed media Cold wax varnish to give a soft satin finish.

• Bountiful

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Cold wax varnish to give a soft satin finish. Sides painted a neutral grey.

• Sight Unseen

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches

• Six Ways to Sunday

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Finished with cold wax varnish to reveal a soft satin finish. Sides painted a neutral grey.

• The Disconnect

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 20 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches

• Cross Examination

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1.0 inch. Acrylic, collage, pencil on cradled panel. Sides painted a neutral grey. Finished with cold wax varnish to give a soft satin lustre.

• Undaunted

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1.0 inch

• Rocket Man

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 24 inches x 24 inches x 1.5 inches

• Inside Out

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1.0 inch. acrylic, collage, pencil on cradled panel. Finished with cold wax varnish to give a soft, satin finish. Sides painted in neutral grey.

• Liminal Space

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Just Fly

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Enlightenment

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5

• Shy Delight

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Under Wraps

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 0.25 inches. This painting comes framed in a light ivory oak floating frame. Including frame, finished size is 13 1/4 inches square.

• Home Run

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. The sixth and last painting in the orchid series. I really wanted to abstract and hide the orchid leaves in the last painting.

• Guidance

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. The fourth painting in the orchid series.

• Touchdown 2

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. The fifth painting in the orchid series. As the series progressed I wanted to get more abstract, incorporating the leaves in different ways where they were…

• Home

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. The first of a series inspired by my love of orchids. This series was painted during the Fall season and my orchids were dormant with just the leaves showi…

• Takeoff

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. The third painting in the orchid series.

• Threshold

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches. The second painting in the orchid series. For the series I just wanted to have orchid leaves in the painting combined with figures. It didn’t have to make…

• Nostalgia

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Inspired by memories of my many years of piano lessons while growing up.

• Blindsided

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 24 inches x 24 inches x 1.5 inches

• Off to the Races

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1.0 inch

• Brave New World

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1.0 inch

• Time Will Tell

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 40 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting was inspired by one of my favourite novels, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I am fascinated with Miss Havisham who was jilted at the…

• The Unanswerable Riddle

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 40 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches

• Check Mate

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 15.75 inches x 15.75 inches x 1.0 inch

• Ladies in Waiting

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 15.75 inches x 15.75 inches x 1.0 inch

• The Runaround

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 9 inches x 1.75 inches

• Stepping Out

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Midday Mirage at the Oasis

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 14 inches x 11 inches x 1.75 inches

• Identity Crisis

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.75 imches

• Through the Looking Glass

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 12 inches x 24 inches x 1.5 inches. Inspired by rereading Lewis Carroll’s book Through the Looking Glass. In chapter 1, Alice looks through a mirror to see the backwards version of her own h…

• Dot Dot Dot

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Afternoon Delight

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Early Riser

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.75 inches. This painting has been donated to the Looking at the Stars fundraiser, Broken Hallelujah, May 27, 2025, held at St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican church, T…

• Sugar Beach Mirage

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.75 inches. This painting reminds me of hot summer days, ice cream flavours and Toronto’s skyline downtown. Sugar Beach is an urban beach park in Toronto, Ontario, Ca…

• Miss Under_Stood

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.75 inches. I made up the title of this painting to reflect not only a modern day heroine but also as a play on words when the painting is contemplated. I like to thi…

• Neptune's Dance

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 16 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. .

• Harlequin Romance

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• If the Shoe Fits

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1 inch

• One Last Kiss

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Painted during the early days of Covid-19 pandemic, this painting reflects the changing nature of how we had to define our relationships to each other unde…

• Touchdown

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Those Were the Days

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Who is the King of the Hill?

  Acrylic mixed media, Canvas, 20 inches x 20 inches x 2.5 inches. This painting is a playful interpretation of the children’s game Who is the King of the Castle?, or in winter time, playing outside standing on top of sno…

• Behind the scenes

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch. I am inspired by paintings of interiors, for example by Matisse amd Van Gogh. More specifically, furniture and decor inside the rooms. As a result, I sometimes…

• Invasion

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting was one of the first paintings I did when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the news in March 2020 and our lives changed forever. I had just fi…

• Minding the Gap, Turn of Delight

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 15.75 inches x 15.75 inches x 1 inch. Another for the Minding the Gap series, inspired by the idea of crossing thresholds from one world to another, and being mindful of taking that next step…

• Minding the Gap

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1 inch. Title inspired by the idea of crossing thresholds from one world to another, and being mindful of taking that next step into the unknown.

• Minding the Gap In Repose

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1 inch

• Tete a Tete

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Looking for My Mother: Through the Keyhole

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Floating Altar and the Round Table

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Dancing Around Queen Anne

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 14 inches x 14 inches x 0.25 inches

• Giving Thanks

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 14 inches x 14 inches x 1.5 inches

• En Pointe

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1.5 inches

• Mercury in Counterpoise

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24 inches x 24 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting’s title inspiration came from two quite different sources. Like all my paintings, the title comes after the painting is finished and is another intuitiv…

• Expectations

  Acrylic, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch. This painting was named after the classic story Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I am fascinated with Miss Havisham who having been jilted on her wedding day, contin…

• Moving On

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting was a real labour of love as it was the first time I used cardboard as a texture element. It was a challenge to see how I could incorporate the obvious…

• Up Close & Personal

  Acrylic, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch

• Tripping the Light Fantastic

  Acrylic, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Bird’s Eye View

  Acrylic, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch. Framed in a white wash wood floating frame , finished size 17.5 x 17.5 inches

• Patchwork Idyll

  Acrylic, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch. Painting is in a white wash wood frame, finished size 17.5 x 17.5 inches

• Star Light, Star Bright

  Acrylic, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch. .

• Blue in the Face

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches

• Conversations for Hire

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting

• Birds of a Feather

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. I painted this at the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, February 2022, when women and children were leaving their homes and flocking in groups to…

• The Precipice

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. Painted during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, this painting reflects the unknown, uncharted waters of how we were to relate to each other as huma…

• Ooh & Aah Point

  Acrylic mixed media, Panel, 12 inches x 12 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting inspired by my many solitary walks through my local forest. Title inspired by a bit of text peeking through the layers.

• Under Story

  Acrylic, Panel, 16 inches x 16 inches x 1 inch. This painting makes me think of meandering journeys and buried treasure. The quote by Elizabeth Gilbert explains it beautifully: "The Universe buries strange jewels deep w…

• In Limbo

  Acrylic, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1 inch. This painting was inspired by the feeling of instability and the strength shown by women in times of crisis around the world. I drew lines and shapes inspired by crystals…

• Seated Twist

  Acrylic, Panel, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1 inch. Hints of one of my favourite yoga poses appeared as I began layering paint and collage. Bringing the figure forward as a reminder of the benefits of this pose in relaxing…