Cate Whittemore is a former Broadway backdrop painter and court-room sketch artist, now devoted to making paintings that convey the natural beauty of her locations. Compelled by saturated color and strong light, her work explores and refines color harmonies, seeking to balance inner expression with depictions of outer reality, and delves into insights and narratives found in this process.

In 2011 she was honored to be commissioned by the International Campaign for Tibet, to create a poster featuring a sanctioned portrait of the Dalai Lama. She teaches an alternative approach to watercolor on retreats in Greece.