Cathy Hegman is a contemporary figurative artist from Mississippi. Cathy maintains a studio in Holly Bluff, Mississippi.

Hegman has worked as a full-time artist for over 33 years and has taught workshops, written features and articles for many national art magazines, and has been represented by professional galleries for over 20 years. Cathy no longer teaches workshops but maintains a blog that gives insight into her working processes, shares tips, and brings her art journey to others.

She has had solo exhibitions of her work over the last 12 years in various galleries and museums. These include both national and international art exhibitions in the United States, Brazil, China, and England.

Cathy has obtained signature memberships in the American Watercolor Society, Mississippi Watercolor Society, Missouri Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, the Society of Animal Artists, Southern Watercolor Society, International Society of Experimental Artists, and the International Society of Acrylic Painters. In 2018, Cathy earned her Dolphin Fellowship in the American Watercolor Society.

She has been the recipient of numerous awards in national and international exhibitions over the years. Most recently being awarded the Dagmar Tribble Award in the 151st International Exhibition in New York in 2018.

Cathy presently serves as Vice President of the Mississippi Art Colony. She was on the board of the Mississippi Watercolor Society for over 10 years and served as chairman on many of their International Exhibition Committees. Cathy was the first Mississippi Native to receive the American Watercolor Society’s 150th Exhibition Gold Medal as well as their Dolphin Fellowship.

Her work is currently represented by Sue Greenwood Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, Fischer Gallery of Jackson, Mississippi, Tew Galleries of Atlanta, Georgia, Carol Robinson Gallery of New Orleans, Louisiana, Bennett Galleries in Nashville, Tennessee, and Principle Galleries in Charleston, South Carolina.

Yvonne Brown lives and works in Gulfport, MS. She received her BFA from William Carey University on the Coast. She has taught Ceramics at WCU and teaches private classes at her studio. She is happily married and has a young daughter who loves to play in the mud!

Brown’s current work focuses on forms used to enhance and display natural objects in the home and garden. Texture dominates her work at present. She finds texture adds visual emphasis and tactile interest. Stamping, carving, and stretching the clay have drawn her into detailed consideration of the surface of her pots. Balancing texture with elegant proportions, function, and glaze choice is a challenge she finds exciting and fulfilling.

Although Brown does not see a direct correlation between her surroundings and her forms, she feels the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been a pronounced influence on her choice of colors. The constant green of the live oaks, camellias, and pines, as well as the sandy beaches and blue sky reflecting from the Gulf waters enliven her palette.