Pre-festival sneak peek

Diving into the world of video to experiment with this medium as another means of bringing my work to you.

During a recent photo shoot with local photographer Lance Bellers, with Emmet Ray’s “I’ll See You in My Dreams” playing in the background, we became aware whilst flicking through the gallery on his camera that the images took on a sparkly, jewel-like quality. Aside from being a great way of showing many images in a short space of time, the flickering effect of the fast-paced slideshow seemed to temporarily transport us from that sunny room into a different dimension. Through its connection to the images, the music worked without pretension, hitting just the right rhythm and mood, and prompting jokes that we had stumbled upon a new art form.

As my preparations for this year’s festival draw to a close, and with only days left until I begin the process of hanging my paintings at 2 Knoyle Road, I bring you this sneak peek of my 2017 collection. In addition to the original acrylics on canvas, my range of cards will also be available at the Open House for the duration of the festival.

You can expect more media experimentation in the months to come, but for now please enjoy this first attempt, and I look forward to seeing many of you during at Knoyle Road.

 

 

 

‘A House Safe For Tigers’

This time next week we will have finished hanging this show – in the beautiful Regency Town House, 13 Brunswick Square Hove BN3 1EH

Thurs 02 Nov – 11am to 6pm

Private View thurs 2nd Nov 6pm to 8pm

Fri 03 Nov – 11am to 6pm

Sat 04 Nov – 11am to 6pm

Sun 05 Nov – 11am to 4pm

Three Abstract Artists create timeless pieces that explore memory, transcendence and absence as presence. Their individual processes involve layering and excavation and are amplified by the Regency Town House, undergoing gentle restoration.

The title, ‘A House Safe for Tigers’ is adopted from the 1975 soundtrack by Lee Hazlewood and conjures a vivid dissonance between the domestic and the wild, the magical and the mundane.

Forest Bathing – new mixed media on board – framed
Kate Scott, Ingrid Boucher and Abigail Bowen

Invitation – one of the new smaller pieces I will be showing at this years Artist’s Open Houses – Brighton in May

my work will be exhibited every weekend in May from 11-17.30, at ‘Art at 21’ in a beautiful period house – 21 Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, BN1 3JJ as part of the 7dials art trail.

The venue is an easy walk from Brighton Railway Station.

We will also be open on coronation weekend bank holiday Monday 8th May.

I will be exhibiting with Nick Gardner, Kate Strachan, Luciana Liraz, Gary Goodman, Jane Sarre, Jo Delafons, Rebecca Angel and Ingrid Boucher – paintings, photography, sculpture and ceramics

New painting – just finished earlier this week – a very quiet earthy palette, which doesn’t often stay; many iterations along the way. I’ll be exhibiting in two open houses at this year’s Brighton Festival in May details to come and I will also have some paintings in the Oxmarket Contemporary – the John Rank Gallery in Chichester in early April – in the ‘Keep Art Alive’ Exhibition.

Email info@ katescottpaintings.com forinvitations to up coming exhibitions

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The Drive Home – thoughts from website on inspiration.

The Drive Home

It can begin with simple colour and mark on canvas or paper, seemingly random, but once I start it is as if I am processing so many things – walking home in the rain, looking out of my window, listening to an unexpectedly profound bit of music, recollecting a moment in time or noticing the light/sky change suddenly. Pretty intangible stuff, but weirdly specific at the same time. Music is always on, it seems to help take my mind out of the literal, into the abstract language of paint. I know I have finished something when that conversation stops, and when the words start flooding in for a title, immediately or much later when I am making sense of what I was trying to do.