Cathy Rodwell is a multidisciplinary artist, art therapist, counsellor, and educator based on Bribie Island, Queensland. Her practice sits at the intersection of creativity, emotional wellbeing, and connection to the natural world, informed by more than a decade of experience across education, counselling, therapeutic facilitation, and community wellbeing programs. Working across oil painting, drawing, and mixed media, Rodwell creates emotionally responsive works exploring healing, compassion, self-awareness, and human connection.

Her paintings often feature people,animals, and immersive natural environments rendered through luminous colour, layered brushwork, and intuitive mark-making. Rather than focusing on strict realism, her work balances recognisable imagery with emotional atmosphere, using colour and texture to communicate experiences that can be difficult to articulate through words alone.Grounded in the belief that art should be accessible, restorative, and deeply human, Rodwell draws influence from both classical painting techniques and contemporary expressive approaches. She is a recent graduate of advanced painting and conceptual development studies through the Milan Art Institute.