Cathy (Himmelberger) Richardi is a self-taught artist. She began her painting practice in 2008, after a career in marketing for a major airline and a second career in interior design. During these years she lived in New York, California and Texas, but throughout her life Cathy turned to her easel and oil paints as an outlet for her creativity. After living briefly in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s, she returned 20 years later. Inspired by the Northern California landscape, she decided to take up painting full-time.