{"product_id":"cherry-blossoms-by-catherine-benita-acrylic-on-canvas","title":"\"Cherry Blossoms\" by Catherine Benita, Giclée on Canvas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30\" x 48\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGiclée on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnframed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eOther Sizes Available Upon Request \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE ARTIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Benita\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatherine Benita (Gabriella) was born with Down syndrome in Indonesia in 1991. For her development, they needed to live in Australia for a couple of years before moving to America in 1998. Her mom, herself 2 cancers survivor never gives up on her. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatherine’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edisability impacted the fine motoric skills and made it difficult to hold a pencil. She found her love of art in 2013. Now, Catherine is an emerging artist where she even has the privilege to be part of exhibitions, such as in Malibu, Laguna Beach and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer mission is to inspire and bring awareness that people with Down syndrome are able to contribute additional value to the world using their individual uniqueness. Catherine is also an athlete, a dancer and a model. Her focus is to express her strong faith in love and beauty of life in optimistic glimpse. She wants people to feel being loved, happy and peaceful. Her compassionate nature is a blessing for people around her. Seeing herself as not perfect, she sees her Down \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esyndrome’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eextra chromosome as extra blessing, extra gift, extra chance to grow with extra love. Wherever she travels, she enjoys to paint together with local group of challenged artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatherine enjoys using illustration markers, acrylic and watercolor paints creates colorful and expressive pictures. Loving \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimpressionism and abstract’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolors, her favorite is cubism. Creating artwork is the source of happiness and she hopes that viewers can share her joy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer work exhibited and sold in different venues and galleries in California, Nevada, Atlanta, New York, Indonesia, Holland, Germany, such as the Lumberyard-Malibu, Chun Gallery-Los Angeles, Pomona College, Street Gallery-Claremont; Upland Art Studios-, Tierra del Sol- Los Angeles, Gallery 61 Passage-The Hague, Euromast-Rotterdam, Hilton in Antwerpen, -Dresden, -Leiden, -Paris, Marriot Rotterdam and have been showcased by celebrity photographers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstagram \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/artistwithdownsyndrome\/\"\u003e@artistwithdownsyndrome\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LagunaART.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45711789195543,"sku":"","price":580.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0008\/0219\/3473\/files\/CatherineIMG_7432_844e03c0-d262-47c1-ae43-43e292636a8b.jpg?v=1689216064","url":"https:\/\/lagunaart-com.myshopify.com\/products\/cherry-blossoms-by-catherine-benita-acrylic-on-canvas","provider":"LagunaART.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}