Growing up in the Daintree, Katherine Cusack has a deep connection to nature.  The nature based, isolated home meant she had plenty of quiet time to intently focus on exploring & developing her technique. Realism was the focus of her early works, with a love of studying people, using oil pastels & acrylic paint primarily. This meant she developed her skills through patient trial and error in a self taught manner.  In Katherine’s primary years she took art lessons run by a local artist in the Daintree Rainforest.  He taught her the basics in painting in acrylics, colour mixing and valuable techniques used in creating scenery.

At boarding school she was given special privileges to undertake in some formal lessons in oils, with a local Townsville artist.  She was then accepted to a gifted and talented arts program run by Cairns High State school. After graduation, Katherine studied and embarked on a career in industrial and building design until recently when she put away her tech drawing tools and embarked on a career as a full-time practicing artist.