Cathy Crain Works

Cathy Crain and The Three Crains

 Three generations combining their talents in clay and mixed media. Cathy has been an artist since she was old enough to hold a crayon and draw on the walls.  After attending college as a sculpture major and starting a family, she became a working artist.  Cathy entered the world of advertising and graphic arts where she spent 18 years as President of her own firm in Houston, Texas. 

After her two children, Carie and Ken, went off to college, Cathy moved to Santa Fe, NM where she took a position as Art Director of The New Mexican, the local newspaper and in spare time, also began creating wholesale lines of unique garments and jewelry.  Within a year, her spare time venture became full-time and 'Crain Design' was born.

Eventually Cathy needed help so Carie and her infant daughter, Sharae, joined her in Santa Fe.  Carie and Cathy produced these lines for 15 years. They were were shown and sold in galleries, boutiques, museum shops and fashion events throughout the United States.

Cathy returned to Texas in 2004 and began a new adventure...a life long dream to become a full-time studio artist.  On a whim, she decided to take a ceramics class at the local community college and loved it!  In fact, enjoyed it so much she encouraged Carie to take the class as well. After a few years of working and creating in their individual studios, Crain Art Studio was born. Eventually, Sharae got the bug and joined in the studio.  

Their work reflects their love of animals and a fascination with color and texture.