
Kat Allen
Katherine Allen is a musician-turned-artist whose creative spirit has long sought expression through sound, image, and form. Though she came to painting only in recent years, her love for vintage objects, rustic textures, plants and flowers and antique aesthetics has quickly found a natural home on canvas.
Her work finds itself in the forgotten and the fading — dead flowers, timeworn vessels, and the warm, earthy hues of autumn are recurring motifs. With a simple, honest painting style, Katherine captures still life scenes that speak to the passage of time, memory, and the art of careful composition.
Years of working in a variety of creative projects led to a turning point during the lockdown, when she dived into painting and began exploring which soon became a dedicated practice, evolving into paintings that reflect harmony and rhythm through shape, shadow, and seasonal tone.
Occasionally, she branches out from still life to portray figures within intriguing compositional settings, always drawn to the emotional resonance of her subjects. Katherine’s work invites the viewer to slow down and find quiet beauty in simplicity, imperfection, and the natural world.
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John Brooks
My work explores the geometry, texture and shape of my subject matter as found both in the topography of our environment and that as…
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Kate Edmunds
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Laurel Molly
Laurel Molly is an award-winning illustrator, animator, and workshop facilitator based in Bristol. She has worked from Fig Studios in the heart of the…
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Mark Elliot Smith
2006 BA (Hons) Fine Art University Plymouth Mark Elliott Smith's work explores the realms of suggestive, enigmatic apparitions. His large abstract canvases are…
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Everyone showing this season
- Kat Allen
- Safa Aslam
- Liz Avery
- Jon Baker
- Will Bower
- John Brooks
- Susie Brooks
- Angie Broome
- Adam Cartwright
- Monica Cuellar
- Aly Dalrymple
- Chris Dye
- Kate Edmunds
- Anna Harley
- Geoffrey Harrison
- Michelle Hinshelwood
- Gail Mason
- Laurel Molly
- Jonathan Rolfe
- Mark Elliot Smith
- Tor Stanfield
- Micheline Watkins
- Tim Willcox
