Born in Hampshire, Catherine Harvey Jefferson studied art at Falmouth and Winchester School of Art, where she obtained a BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art. Her formative years were spent sailing the coasts of Cornwall, Brittany and Ireland.  Catherine is descended from the HARVEY family, so her links with Cornwall go back three generations.

The artist has exhibited widely in Cornwall and beyond, and her works are held in private collections in London and New York. She works from the Beehive Gallery in Penzance.