Born in Queensland , Kathryn studied Visual Communication and Graphic Design at the Brisbane College of Art.  It was here she also developed a keen interest in photography and film making and her short films gained her entry to the Australian Film and Television School in 1980.  She spent the next 15 years working in the film and television industry in Australia and Asia.  Her three years in Hong Kong and exposure to Contemporary Chinese Painting was the catalyst for her to paint again.

For over ten years Kathryn exhibited her work in many group exhibitions in galleries on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and North Sydney.

·         Palm beach gallery
·         Newport Artworks
·         The Painter’s Gallery & Gallery Six – Mona Vale
·         Moulton Gallery – Mosman
·         Raglan Art Gallery – Manly
·         Norton Gallery – North Sydney

In 2007 she relocated the family to North of Coffs Harbour.
The subjects of her early work were mainly figurative and portraits but the stunning and diverse scenery of her new coastal home and hinterland are more of a constant inspiration to paint and draw the landscape.  Kathryn likes mainly working in mixed media for its spontaneity and expressive characteristics.  Her more recent work has been exhibited in:
·         Liminal & Bunker Gallery – Coffs Harbour
·         Lake Russell Gallery – Emerald Beach
·         Bellingen Nexus Gallery
.         Butcher's Hook Gallery - Paddington Sydney
.         Kenthurst Gallery Sydney

Her current body of work has been greatly influenced by her recent travels to Europe. Exploring late Renaissance, Neoclassical and Rococo periods and interpreting these figurative landscapes of myth and allegory into a more illuminated, surreal and abstracted form, using oils and mixed media to give fluidity and energy to the work..

She is currently represented by Art Lovers Australia.

Exhibitions
 

1996-2007          Group exhibitions Sydney's Northern Beaches
2008                       Solo Exhibition - Liminal Gallery, Coffs Harbour
2009                      Winner Coffs Harbour Portrait Prize, Bunker Gallery
2010                       Winner Lilly Pilly Art Prize, Coffs harbour
011 - 2012            Shared Exhibitions  Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
2013                       Exhibited Butcher's Hook Gallery Paddington, Sydney
                               Finalist in EMSLA Art prize, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2014                       Finalist work EMSLA exhibited in Parliament House, Sydney
                              Solo Exhibition "Rivers Rocks Lakes" Nexus Gallery Bellingen
014 - 2016          Invited artist, Holy Family Art Show, Lindfield
2014                      Shared exhibition, Kenthurst Gallery, Sydney
2015                      Shared women's exhibition, "Girls Night out" Art Factory,Coffs Harbour
                              Winner Sawtell Art Prize, Sawtell Gallery NSW
                              Finalist EMSLA Art Prize, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2016                      Invited artist, Lindfield Art Show, Sydney
                              Grand Champion Award, Sawtell Art Prize
                             Finalist EMSLA Art Prize, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

2017 Solo Exhibition, “Eclectic Collection” - Nexus Gallery, Bellingen

Finalist EMSLA National Still Life Art Prize, Contemporary Project Space, Wollongong

2018 Winner Sawtell Art Prize

Exhibition “Shine” - The Art Space, Urunga

Finalist National Still Life Art Prize, Wollongong

2019 Winner Oil section Sawtell Art Prize

Exhibition, “Buoyancy” - The Art SPace, Urunga

Finalist EMSLA National Still Life Art Prize, Woolongong

Exhibition, TBC Gallery - Gold Coast

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