About

“I’m going to be an artist when I grow up”.

As a child, I had a vision of standing in front of an easel, painting, creating, dreaming! My life has meandered through many paths and it wasn’t until midlife that I stepped into the courage to embrace and nurture this dream.

As a self-taught artist, I'm always exploring, experimenting, failing, retrying and discovering. But most of all, I'm just being. Creating is the means by which I channel and transform emotion, anxiety and a whirlwind of thoughts. For me, it is a beautiful meditative process based in mindfulness. It is genuinely cathartic - or kathartique!

There is increasing evidence in the field of neuroscience that art can enhance brain function by impacting brain wave patterns, emotions and the nervous system. I believe in the power that creating and experiencing art has to bring about a state of wellbeing.

For me, creating is a place for calm, for quietening and for peace.

It is this place of wellbeing that I aspire to share through my artwork.

My artwork characterises the nurturing of mind, body, soul and spirit. It is primarily intuitive and has roots in neurographic art - an art therapy developed by Russian psychologist, creativity entrepreneur and architect Pavel Piskarev. I enjoy exploring the way his process can be personalised, stretched and adapted.

Whilst it is the process of making that holds my attention, I'm drawn to ideas that explore the duality of our inner experience of existence alongside our external presence in the world. My works often examine the way we live with what is real and what is imagined, perceived or created.

I work in acrylic, mixed media, watercolour and coloured pencil, producing works on paper and canvas. I'm forever exploring, learning and developing my practice.

Thank you for stopping by. I truly hope that my work can bring as much joy and calm for you as it does for me.

Kath xxx