Fruit Time

Zhao is an autistic and aspiring young artist at Gateway Arts, Massachusetts. She communicates with people through simplistic dialogue and designs. Her passion for art began with fashioning Perler beads into 3D décor that explored her interests in colors, shapes, and patterns. Next she began taking photos of animals and flowers during hiking trips and neighborhood walks, converting them into various kinds of art, including paintings, jewels, and crocheted functional arts and crafts. She creates art with colorful patterns that represent her love of animals, nature and even candy. In all her works, Catherine displays her simple yet complex point of view of her world.