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Bernadette Cahill has spent her life trying to figure out
what she wanted to be when she grew up. She’s still not
grown up, but has realized that already she’s a writer,
an NPR/PRX-recognized radio producer/host, and an award-winning
watercolorist.
She graduated from Glasgow University with an Honors M.A. in
History and spent the next 30 years wondering why. She fell in
love with history again when she lived in Jackson, Mississippi,
uncovered a mystery there, and found herself delving into US
history and earth energies. She is now the author of The Angle,
The Cross and the Grid: The Unknown Alignments of the United
States and What They Might Mean, is readying a book on the mystery
of Jackson for publication, and currently has three more books
on the go.
While waiting for the results of her final (literally do-or-die)
exams at Glasgow University, she went on a flying trip to Paris
and fell in love with the Impressionists, which led her to study
the history of art. Subsequently, as a journalist, she wrote
about major art exhibitions for The Irish Times, The Scotsman
and other publications, and also produced a series, The Horse
in Art for The Irish Horse World.
Although at high school she had chosen to study dress and design
and spent many years sewing all her own clothes, she never believed
she was creative. Later, when studying fashion design at Concordia
University in Montreal and frustrated at her inability to draw
for fashion illustration, she hunted out Betty Edwards, author
of Drawing On The Right Side Of the Brain, and finally learned
the secret. A couple of years later, in Louisiana, she realized
a long-term dream when she began watercolor painting - and was
immediately surprised when awards started to come her way, culminating
in a Best of Show medal.
Her paintings express what is deeply meaningful to her - what
she sees, what she reads about, and what she imagines. One of
her passions is the ancient energies of the earth. Another is
astrology. A third is her homeland of Britain - particularly
Scotland, where she was born. Images from these streams often
emerge in her art without any conscious plans. She believes that
creativity is Spirit speaking through the individual - and this
has taught her that the best way to make the gods laugh is to
have a plan.
"Call of the Wild"
Giclee Edition release and signing party August 29,
4-7 p.m.
call (888) 3-GICLEE to preorder!
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