Collection curated by: Catherine P. Muller
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Presented by The Holland Center and displayed daily August 7, 2025 – October 13, 2025
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All exhibitions at The Holland Center are supported by the generous donors of The Holland Center.
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“Beneath the Surface” is an invitation into an emotional landscape where color, tension, and texture tell quiet, intuitive stories. Through a series of 11 abstract works, Catherine explores the threshold between seen and felt, moments where stillness hums beneath movement, and form emerges from gesture.
These pieces are less about representation and more about resonance. Some suggest the echo of distant landscapes or the shifting layers of memory. Others rest in ambiguity, inviting each viewer to find their own reflection within the surface. Together, they create a meditative dialogue, a visual journal of feelings over time. Working primarily in layered acrylics with scraping, blending, and reworking techniques, these pieces hold a rawness that reflects both control and surrender.
Each work invites the viewer into a space of reflection—some rooted in the quiet expanse of natural forms, others born from movement, tension, or inner stillness. These are not just paintings, but experiences built in layers, visually and emotionally, each holding what words often can’t.
About the Artist
Catherine P. Muller is a multidisciplinary artist based in Arizona whose work spans abstract painting, textured surface, and more recently, whimsical hand-painted orbs and floral-inspired designs. With a background in intuitive and meditative art-making, her pieces often emerge from a place of inner inquiry and material exploration.
Her earlier works—such as those featured in this exhibit—focus on movement, emotional texture, and layered storytelling through raw, earthy mediums. Today, her creative path has expanded into playful, brighter, more whimsical forms.
Catherine’s work has been exhibited locally, including a recent selection for the Herberger Theater Center’s fall gallery. She continues to explore how art can serve as both a healing tool and an invitation to reconnect with joy.
