About Us:

Hi I am steph brady. I'm the owner and artist at the green cat. My studio is located at 124 G. street, Salida, Colorado. I've always said the the universe revolves around G. street. I've been at this location for almost 7 years. But I've had a gallery on G. street for 11 years in Salida.

My gallery/studio includes the art of my husband Joe and my art. Joe does all the wood and the stone. I do all the glass, pastels, acrylics, oils, and beads. Joe started working in wood in the early 70's and then went on to do the stone in the late 80's. He found out that he loved working in stone because I asked him to put some fused glass into the stone.

I started doing glass in 1976, opened up a glass studio in 1979. I started doing the pastels, acrylics, oils in the late 80's. I have tried to merge what I do in glass to what I do on canvas. I'm starting to get there. It has been a challenge.

We bought our Colorado house in 1992. I went to town in Salida and started working with two other girls, Paulette Broudeur and Marcy in Salida. I then split from then and opened up my own gallery, the green cat a couple of years later. The two girls taught me a lot about the art business.

Being a gallery owner and a artists has been a challenging juggle. I have come a long way just by living and doing my art in Salida. There were a lot of us that came into Salida at the same time. We opened up our studios/galleries in the boarded downtown. The boards came off, the doors opened, and the art sifted into the mountain air. I started the Salida Artists later on so we could put our heads and our pockets together to advertise. We have all taught each of us to promote and be responsible artists by working together. Which was no easy task. A lot of us are women and artists. Trying to get us to make a decision is like trying to herd chickens.