Artist Bio
Cat Allard - Zen Cat Art

Painter, photographer, mixed media artist, Cat Allard "the Zen Cat" has shown her work in New York City, Long Island and Connecticut galleries and has been reviewed in the New York Times. A graduate of C.W. Post with a degree in Fine Arts, she was offered an opportunity to compete for a Fulbright which she turned down to support her family.

The daughter of a painter and a photographer, Cat says, "My earliest memory is of painting.  My mother would hand me a coffee can filled with water and let me paint next to her on the gray walls of the porch. As the water dried the strokes faded and I got to do it again and again. I never wanted to do anything more than paint." 

The joy and dedication has never left Cat.  Deeply influenced by her meditation practice and her spiritual quest, her work spans many mediums and categories.  "I don't want to be labeled.  Each piece is an opportunity to meet our inner voice and we sing a different song every time.”

The Zen part of her name comes from her meditation practice.

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a
place of no-mind, from inner stillness.
~ Eckhart Tolle

**A note about the photograph**
The photograph is me at age 38. It is my totem, maybe advatar would be a better word, but it is me as I still envision myself inside my head. It reminds me of when I was young and fearless and thought I could do anything. It's a good thing to remember.