Norma McCACHEN

February 3 – March 1, 2026

Opening Reception Saturday, February 7 , 1-3pm

Norma McCachen

I paint, therefore I am an artist. “To Paint”, to produce work is my statement as an artist.

I cannot remember a time in my life when I wasn’t drawing or painting. I was raised in a family that was involved with art; looking at art, reading about art and artists, visiting galleries and producing works of art. My father was a talented painter and photographer. My mother also was producing art through sewing, rug making, weaving and painting.

I was fortunate to have a father who taught me, trained me to ‘see’. When I was a young child, he constantly pointed out to me the marvelous sights that surround us every day. He would stop working in the garden, to bring me a beetle. “Look”, he would exclaim, “Look, look at the colour on its back, this amazing metallic blue”. He would stop the car while we were driving. “Look, look at the shadows on the snow, see how they define the shape of the hill, look at the reflected colour of the sky”. In a room full of people, he’d point out the body contours. “Look, look at the way she’s hunching her shoulder, the line of her arm across her chest, look how it reveals her mood”. “Look at that sky, see how the intensity of the blue changes as it nears the horizon”.

I learned to see, to marvel at what was all around me. I have worked with a group, painted with a group and have learned that I work better alone. However, I need to be associated with people of like mind, other artists, for inspiration, for expansion of ideas for the pure joy of being with people who understand and enjoy talking about art. I know that up to the moment of taking my last breath, I will need to know more, to learn more, to see more and to produce more works. To analyze my feelings as an artist seems to be an exercise in navel-gazing. That I do work – is a statement. My work is my statement.