Catherine Rains: From Breast Cancer to Divorce to Life as a Full-Time Artist

Catherine Rains is a collage artist and painter. She began making art at 33-years old to help relieve the stress of her full-time job. Over the last two decades, Catherine has built a strong following and an extensive portfolio. Her work has been shown in galleries, art shows, and is in private collections around the country. Here is the story of Catherine’s journey: from making art while working, to becoming a full-time artist, getting breast cancer, divorced, returning back to work, and eventually becoming, once again, a full-time artist.

In this interview we talk about:

• her daily routine: how she made art every day while working full-time

• the 3 core things to focus on when building an art business

• the exact phrase Catherine used to manifest her dream job

• overcoming breast cancer and divorce while navigating an art career and

• the most important strategy for making money when starting out