Artwork that tells your story.
Whether it’s a beloved home, a favorite place, a cherished pet, or a collection of meaningful memories, I love creating pieces that celebrate the people and moments that matter most.
Recent ComMission Work
Follow along at @catebeforeamirror to see current work and behind-the-scenes progress!
𝘼𝙣 𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚. ♣️🌸
One of my favorite things about custom work is finding a way to bring seemingly unrelated details together and make them feel like they’ve always belonged in the same piece.
Florals, watercolor, and a little unexpected symbolism — exactly my kind of combination.
Have an idea that feels a little hard to explain? Those are usually my favorite ones. ✨
𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚. 🤍
#CustomArtwork #ArtCommission #CommissionedArt #CustomWatercolor #WatercolorArt
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝. 🤍
This family asked me to capture a season of their lives in a way that felt personal, timeless, and full of heart—something that was unmistakably them, while still telling a story anyone could see themselves in.
Watching this piece come to life, one brushstroke at a time, was such a joy.
Knowing this painting will forever commemorate the summer they made Ocean City their second home is exactly why I love creating commissioned artwork.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 🎨✨
P.S. I’ll be sharing the finished painting soon—and I can’t wait for you to see it. 🤍
#MarylandArtist #BaltimoreArtist #CommissionedArt #OceanCityMD #CustomPainting
Forever grateful for the chance to paint these dancer moments. 🫶
#dancercommission #danceart #customartwork #watercolorartist #hamiltonmusical
𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴.
loose washes // imperfect layers
and suddenly… they’re looking back at you. 🐾
#petportrait #watercolorartist
𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. ✨
Each piece was created from a favorite photo and personalized with meaningful words or quotes.
Just a reminder that I still offer custom artwork like this for dancers, seniors, graduates, teachers, and dance families. 🤍
𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!
#DanceMom
#DanceLife
#CompetitionDance
#BaltimoreDance
#MarylandDance
𝘈 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.✨🏠
#customhouseportrait
#watercolorhouseportrait
#tudorcottage
#baltimoreartist
#meaningfulgifts
𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮. 🔑🏡✨
This custom set was created to celebrate a couple’s first apartment and first home — the places that hold the beginning of their life together.
I love commissions like this because they’re really about the memories, milestones, and people that make a place feel like home.
Custom house portraits are available for weddings, anniversaries, new homes, holidays, and meaningful gifts.
𝘿𝙈 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨. 🤍
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘬—
𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥-𝘪𝘯, 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. Always grateful to bring these to life. 🙏
#watercolorartist #customhomeportrait #commissionart #houseportrait #watercolorpainting
{{𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘍𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰— 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙖 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 (𝟱𝟬% 𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝟮𝟮𝟬𝗴𝘀𝗺). 𝘏𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 @chartpakfactorystore 𝘢𝘯𝘥 @fabriano1264 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩!! }}
Once I got over my blank-page fear (iykyk 😅), I started playing with watercolor and gouache on the different paper colors and ended up with this little set of mini paintings.
I’m planning to make more mini sets with different color palettes… 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘀? 🎨 Thinking I might bring pieces like these to an upcoming 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙥-𝙪𝙥 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝 / 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖 💁♀️👀
If you want to see close-ups 📸 of the finished paintings, head over to @themirrorgalleryandstudio !
#springmarket #fabriano #fabrianopaper #watercolorprocess #gouachepainting
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.🌊
Sharing this surfboard piece again because I loved working on this project so much.♥️ Now I’m itching to paint another!!!
#surfboardart #paintedsurfboard #customsurfboardart
𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺!
There’s something special about painting homes🫶
They hold so many memories inside their walls!! And I LOVE ♥️ turning those places into watercolor pieces families can keep long after the chapter has ended.
#homeportrait #settlementgift #customhomeportrait
𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴. ✨
Christmas ornaments in March… because creativity doesn’t follow the calendar!
#settlementgift #handpaintedornament
𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.
This piece started as a simple structure and slowly became part of a dancer’s world on stage. I love the challenge of painting surfaces that read from the audience—texture, depth, and color that hold up under theater lights.
𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚!
#stageprop #scenicpainting #artistprocess #danceproduction #theaterdesign
Hi! I’m Catie, an artist + illustrator, and the creative mind behind 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺 + 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰.
This is where you’ll find my 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 and 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. My work began with creating personal, one-of-a-kind pieces — home portraits, memorials, and meaningful artwork — built through collaboration, trust, and listening. Turning someone’s story or memory into something they can hold has always been at the heart of what I do.
That commission work became the foundation for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 — an art gallery and working studio concept rooted in reflection, connection, and the belief that art isn’t just something we make, it’s something we share. While the physical space is still taking shape, that vision lives through classes, art nights, creative offerings, and original artwork shared over at @themirrorgalleryandstudio .
If you’re here because you’re curious, looking for something personal, or simply love seeing art come together — welcome. I’m really glad you’re here.
📸 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗱 @heatherallredphotography
𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 + 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 🙌
I love working on new surfaces… always a little trial and error, always a super fun challenge!
𝘜𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 of the final details: my @zielerartsupplies Brush!🤩
When it was time to clean things up and tighten the lines, this one did the heavy lifting 🙌
#chartpakambassador #zielerbrushes #artisttools #surfboardart #artprocess
Have an idea in mind?
Tell me a little about what you would like created, the size you are considering, and your ideal timeline. Photos and reference images are always helpful.
Commission pricing varies based on size, subject matter, complexity, and framing. Once I review your idea, I’ll send availability, pricing, and next steps.
Every commission begins with a conversation—there’s no obligation, and I’d be happy to answer questions or help you explore ideas.