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The Cleveland Way – the first 3 days.
Ever the best of intentions – this blog is a few months late. The trouble is there’s always painting to do, and I’d always rather do that. However, after 3 days of messy play with oils and cold wax (Paula Dunn’s workshop – it was wonderful), I’m settling down to an admin day. So – […]
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Seaweed and Death hats….
As I’m not having an exhibition this year it’s been really nice just to play, and see where the mood takes me. Sometimes I have a notebook full of ideas and no time to do anything with them. So, with no particular aim in mind, I just really wanted to paint these! My family has […]
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But looking forward to the Year ahead…
That last one was the bad post that I needed to write. I wanted to get it done before going back to the studio on Monday January 6th. For me the new year begins then! My children are rejoicing in the room next door as the first school day back has been declared a snow […]
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This is a tricky one…
It’s a tricky one, this. It’s a blog post I feel I should write, though my husband says I shouldn’t. He says I should forget about it and move on. He’s right – but just in case this could be shared with someone in time to stop them making the bad decision I made, I’m […]
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Engineers & Chocolatiers – part 3
I had an exciting meeting at Bankfield this week, about something that’s going to be keeping me busy in the winter months. It’s going to be lovely to be able to hide away in a sea of colour whilst it’s colourless outside. I don’t think I can say too much until it’s all agreed. It’s […]
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I’ve had an idea, and I think it’s important.
When did having ‘your 5 a day‘ become a mantra, likewise your 10,000 steps? They’re all just ideas in the public consciousness that are just out there, and maybe we adjust our behaviour a little because we are aware that this is something we all SHOULD be doing. I think it’s time for new one […]
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Engineers & Chocolatiers – Part 2
I had a lovely end to last week. The ‘Cragg Vale’ painting (in my last blog) sold last week and will be shipped to Houston, Texas in the New Year! Exciting to be so well travelled… I love to know where my paintings go, and they were such nice people. So, after I’d stayed very […]
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Engineers & Chocolatiers Opens at Bankfield
And it was lovely! Thank you to everyone that came along on Friday 28th June. Filling that big hall with work has given me sleepless nights. Pictures that seem vast in my studio diminish in size as they are carried up the Museum’s grand staircase. But it did all fit, and I have to say […]
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Engineers & Chocolatiers
At the end of June this year I shall be holding a new exhibition at Bankfield Museum in Halifax. I was invited as part of ‘Culturdale’ – a celebration of all things Calderdale. We played around with all sorts of titles and themes. ‘The Industrialists’ – too formal. Too much about what’s gone. ‘Legacy’ – […]
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Well that’s embarrassing…
After our summer break I was made aware by a customer who’d bought one of my 2024 calendars that there was a misprint. It seems that the month of October has the dates for 2023 instead of 2024. Don’t ask me how this happened, as I’m not quite sure. We had proofed the calendar several […]
About Kate
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I grew up in Suffolk where the skies are vast and the land is low and flat. My grandad was an architect…
