Katharine Cartwright received a formal training in fine art at Kutztown University, the Maryland Institute College of Art and Charleston University. Her work has won top awards in national and international exhibitions and toured both China and the United  States. Cartwright served as the artist consultant designing the exterior mural on the Midcoast School of Technology in Rockland, and also serves as curator for the Craignair Gallery in Spruce Head, Maine. Cartwright works from her studio in Spruce Head.