Catherine Anderson, MLA, is a photographer and artist living in Charlotte, North Carolina.  She teaches SoulCollage®, Photography and Creativity classes in the US and South Africa where she lived for 36 years before moving to the United States.

Drawing on her 14 years experience as an attorney in South Africa and her passion for creativity, Catherine also consults for WholeBrain Consulting, teaching methods to tap into the potential of the creative and intuitive right brain to bring fresh perspectives and possibilities to business problem-solving.  Catherine is presently studying for her Ph.D. in Wisdom Studies through Wisdom University and is a student of Jean Houston's Mystery School.

Catherine has trained as a Creativity facilitator with Jan Phillips, the author of Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity and is a certified Nine Modern Day Muse facilitator.  In addition to training as a SoulCollage® facilitator in 2004 with Seena Frost, Catherine's interest in the labyrinth led her to train with Lauren Artress to become a certified Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator.  Catherine combines all these interests in different ways in her workshops.

For information on a visit to Catherine's studio, read this article.

Catherine's collection of photographs "Children of Ixopo: Hope and Survival in a Time of AIDS" focusing on bringing awareness of the plight of AIDS orphans in South Africa was part of the "South by South Africa" exhibition held in South Carolina in 2006 and  is now in the permanent collection of Winthrop University. Her work has been published in the following books:
Interactive Art Workshops by Kim Rae Nugent
Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media by L.K. Ludwig
Collage Lab by Bee Shay
Life Images by Somerset

Catherine's book The Creative Photographer will be published by Lark Photography Books in June, 2011.

Catherine also offers individual Creativity Coaching sessions to help you work through your creative blocks or to give guidance on a project that may need some new inspiration. 

To contact Catherine, email her.