artist statement
My work seeks to give a sense of my local landscape and its weather. I enjoy playing on the margins of both abstraction and realism. I like my paintings to be a balance between the definite and indefinite, opacity and transparency and above all with an emphasis on colour. Colour is the reason I paint.
I have been working on small pieces recently and have become very attached to the small square format which I think of as my little ‘glimpses’ of land.
I work in mixed media which usually incorporates some collage – mostly thin tissues which I have painted or printed myself. Layering is something I enjoy as the various layers build up texture, unexpected colours, depth and a ‘history’ within the painting. My work conveys a sense of land and weather with a degree of ambiguity and a mysterious, quiet drama.
artist bio
Catherine has mostly lived and worked in Yorkshire and her main inspiration comes from the landscape near where she lives which gives her a deep sense of place. She has shown her work in galleries across the north of England and the Midlands and she is a member of several local art collectives in Yorkshire including The Leeds Fine Artists.
She has been working as a professional artist for 15+ years. Her first teacher was her father, a skilled amateur painter and when young she often used to go out on sketching trips with him into the countryside. It was these trips that gave her a love of landscape which still inspires her today and she continues with outdoor sketching.
After pursuing a more academic education she then went on to work in the Cultural sector as a manager which has informed and assisted her in the organisation of her art practice. Whilst still working she continued with her art, working for a long while in textiles which continues to influence her art in her love of texture. After obtaining a grade A in A level art she continued her art education by attending numerous short courses in many varied aspects of art including abstraction as well as traditional oil painting and collage.
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