My paintings explore the shifting relationship between the human figure and the landscape, allowing each to become part of the other. For many years, I have returned to landscape as a way of exploring atmosphere, light, movement, and the emotional resonance of place. Alongside that work, I have also painted the figure and explored floral imagery. These seemingly different subjects have increasingly begun to converge within my practice.

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I am interested in what happens when the figure is no longer simply a subject situated within a landscape, but becomes embedded in its visual structure. Figures emerge, recede, and sometimes nearly dissolve into the surrounding space, participating in the rhythms, shapes, and movement of the landscape itself. The distinction between figure and environment becomes fluid, creating a sense of connection rather than separation.

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The paintings are not intended to describe a particular place or narrative. Instead, they are intuitive explorations of perception and memory—of how a landscape can carry both physical and psychological experience. I work through an evolving process of building, obscuring, and reworking the surface, allowing forms and passages of color to shift in relationship to one another.

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This movement between recognition and abstraction is central to the work. A figure may initially be perceived clearly, then become absorbed into the surrounding space; a landscape may suggest a place that is familiar yet impossible to locate. I am drawn to that moment of uncertainty, when the viewer moves between seeing something recognizable and experiencing the painting as an arrangement of color, form, gesture, and light.

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My current work continues to expand my understanding of landscape—not as a fixed subject, but as a space in which the human presence, the natural world, and the imagination can coexist.

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Education
MFA, University of Houston, Painting; Full Teaching Fellowship (Drawing)
BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Printmaking

Teaching
Kennesaw State University/ School of Art and Design; 2006 - 2014: 2D Design and Color Theory; Arts and Society
Georgia Perimeter College: 1994 - 2004: Painting, Drawing, Art Appreciation, 2D Design and Color Theory
Art Institute of Atlanta: 1994 - 2006: 2D Design and Color Theory

Selected Exhibits
2018 – 2026
Haen Gallery, Asheville NC - Gallery artist
Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC – Gallery artist

2020
Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC: New Works - January 24, Two-person
dk Gallery, Marietta GA: January 3, Group

2018
Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC: New Works – June 1 – 20, Two-person
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta GA: April 13 - May 8, Solo

2017
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA: March 15 - April 15, Gallery Artists.
Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Gallery Artists

2016
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA: Cathryn Miles and Scott Upton/ New Works, April - May,
Two-person
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA: Introductions: Cathryn Miles, December 2-31 2016

2015

Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: Breathing Space", Feb. 6 - Mar. 30, Solo
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA: New Year/ New Works, Jan. 23 - Feb.28

2014
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA: June -July, Group
The State Capitol, Atlanta:  Aug.- Jan., Group

2013
Watershed Gallery, Ridgefield, CT: “Certifiably Organic”, Sept. - Nov., Group
Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: ;The Great American Landscape, Aug., Group
Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta: “Passages”, May, Two-person
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta: Landscapes of the Mind, Mar., Group

2012
Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: Trees”, Oct., Group.
Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta: Transcendence/ Contemporary Abstractions, Mar., Group
Meyer Metro Gallery, Houston, TX:  East Coast - West Coast/ Inner Mappings, Mar., Two-person
Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: Black, White & Color, July, Group

2011
Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC: American Woman, Oct., Group
Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC :Dunlop and Miles/ New Terrain, Oct., Two-person
dk Gallery, Marietta, Georgia:  An Artist's View, Aug., Group
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta; New Works”, July, Solo

2010
Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama: Cathryn Miles/ Mark Singer, Oct., Two-person

2009
River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN: Oct., Two-Person

2008
Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama:  Cathryn Miles/ New Works, Oct., Solo

2007
Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts: People, Places & Things, Sept., Group

2004
Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia: Oct., Solo

2003
Summit One Gallery, Highlands, NC, Group

2002
Harold Washington College, Chicago, Illinois, Group
Summer House Gallery, Highlands, NC: "Territories", June, Solo

2001
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta: "Eternal Visions", May, Solo

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2000
Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland, Group
Kouvala Art Museum, Kouvala, Finland, Group

1999
Callenwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta: Topographical Views, April, Solo
Clayton State College and University: Artist-in- Residence: 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000
Georgia Perimeter College: Oct., Solo 1997 Instituto Tecnologico Automomo De Mexico: "Hecho en Atlanta";, April, Group
Aliya Gallery, Atlanta: Recent Works, Mar., Solo
Anthony Ardivan Gallery, Atlanta, Jan. 1, Group

Selected Clients and Collections
Brightline, Tampa, Florida (Corporate Collection)
Art Institute of Atlanta (Permanent Collection)
Clayton State College and State University (Permanent Collection)
Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia State University (Permanent Collection)
King and Spalding Law Firm, Atlanta (Permanent Collection)
Delta Airlines, Atlanta (Corporate Collection)
Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta
Jacqueline P. Lanham Interiors, Atlanta
Barkin-Leeds, Ltd, Atlanta
Philip Sides Interiors, Montgomery, Alabama
Lobster Bar Sea Grille, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Mark Timothy Inc., (corporate collection) Boca Raton, FL
Senator Albert Gore, Nashville, TN