Art
Swimmers

Inspired by swimming, people, nature and the landscape Kathy uses a variety of media and styles to create works on board and paper. From abstract, experimental pieces to figurative work Kathy's style is underpinned by strong drawing skills honed at Edinburgh College of art in the 80s. Her loose gestural style is influenced by the portraiture of Alice Neel and Chantal Joffe and Jennifer Packer. Her abstract work is a constantly evolving response to her childhood at Ness Botanic garden and a conversation about loss and infertility. Recurrent pomegranates and lilies reference their use in Western European art as symbols of fertility but these symbols are depicted as holes, desiccated or otherwise distressed.