BIO

 Catherine Arnold grew up in Cheshire, in the North West of England. After falling  in love with painting, she moved to the US to study at The  School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After graduating,  she exhibited and taught widely, and received awards  from The Royal Academy of Arts, Skowhegan School of  Painting and Sculpture, Flintridge Foundation and The  Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. 

While making her living  as an artist, she also wrote, torn between the equally  seductive demands of words and color. Over the years,  the need to write became increasingly urgent. Her poems  and prose have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, The  Gettysburg Review, Natural Bridge, and Prairie Schooner,  among other publications. 

In April 2023, her debut poetry collection, Receipt for Lost Words, was published by Bauhan Publishing, after winning the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize. Catherine lives in Pennsylvania.