Kate Lycett lives and works in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire and is making a name for herself across the Calder Valley and beyond. Prints and original works are on display at the following galleries. The Calder Gallery, Harrison Lord Gallery, Old Chapel Gallery , The White Gallery and the Dean Clough viaduct Cafe.  The Calder Gallery and Harrison Lord have annual solo exhibitions of Kate’s work, the most recent of which have sold out.

Kate takes her influences from the local landscape, and is also inspired by the work of Schiele, Klimt, Hundertwasser, Anna Pugh and Michael Morgan.

With a background in Textile Design the influence of surface pattern is always present in Kate’s work. Even with figurative and landscape pieces she reduces elements to flat pattern, and embellishes with embroidery, collage or gold leaf.

Before Hebden Bridge Kate was established in Sheffield; visitors from Sheffield may be more familiar with the name Kate Pope; Kate has always signed her work with her maiden name of Lycett, and so to avoid confusion she has chosen to work professionally as Kate Lycett from now on.

“I trained as a textile designer and worked for seven years designing commercial textiles. The colour palettes were restricted and the design briefs uninspiring so, by way of escape, I began to paint rich, opulent pictures, rich in colour, texture and pattern.

“I am a great collector of treasures – be it beads, threads, ribbons, pieces of fabric, really anything small and shiny! I collect images in much the same way and my paintings are often a patchwork of ideas and details that I’ve drawn in my sketchbooks or photographed. I love to bring out elements of pattern in a landscape – things like rows of stones, tiles, railings, guttering painted interesting colours. The landscapes never show people, but the washing, the bunting and the gardens make the places look lived in and loved.”