"The Goddess"/1999-00
Acrylic on canvas panels. 5'5"x6'
Who's Calling The Shots?/2004
Acrylic on canvas panels. 10x6'
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Lillian Cartwright was born in New York and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Queens College. She received her MA from the University of Illinois and her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She has studied and written extensively about lives over time both as a researcher and as a psychotherapist. Her interest in individuals, their subjective experiences, memory, and emotions informs her work as an artist.
Lillian Cartwright was born in New York and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Queens College. Cartwright has been interested in art all her life. In New York, she studied at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League. In California, she attended the San Francisco Art Institute and the California College of Arts and Crafts and has worked with several leading Californian watercolorists including Leah Schwartz, Helen Stanley, and Tim Clark. Her work has been exhibited in juried shows throughout California. Cartwright's watercolors and collaged water-based media work are held in many private collections nationwide. She has had several solo show in San Francisco including the University of California and the University Club.
She currently divides her time between Mendocino County where she is belongs to the Mendocino Art Center and San Francisco. In San Francisco, as a member of the Teacher-Artist Organization (TAO), she is teaching in the Art With Elders Program. This program works with patients in nursing homes and provides them with art appreciation and instruction.
Her work has been exhibited in juried group shows in California. Cartwrights watercolors and collaged water-based media work is held in many private collections throughout the country. Following is a brief and selected list of her recent exhibitions:
- 1999: University of California, San Francisco. Solo Show
- 1999: University Club, San Francisco. Solo Show
- 2000: Mindful Body: Solo Show
- 2000: Coleman Advocates, San Francisco: Solo Show
- 2002: Ardency Gallery,Oakland: Group Show TAO
- 2003: Office of the Mayor, Cultural Center, Oakland Group Show of Leading Painters from Oakland Galleries. Cartwrights The Dancer featured on shows website
- 2003: Chatterbox Gallery, San Francisco: Solo Show
- 2003: San Francisco Public Library, Jewett Gallery: Group Show
- 2004: Biannual Figure Drawing Collective, Mendocino, California: Group Show