Inspired by her environment Katie works both en plein air and at a community studio to create highly detailed, oil paintings and pen drawings that encapsulates the wonderful intricacy of the world we live in. By utilizing a variety of idiosyncratic view points, she amplifies how cold and harsh the urban world is using pen on paper. In contrast, she uses oil paints on canvas in a hyperrealist way to portray how vibrant and intricate the natural world is.
Katie started drawing from a young age as a way to communicate and connect to the world around her, a world that often felt confusing and overwhelming. She graduate with a 1st class hons degree in fine art from York St John University where she was inspired by the works of George Shaw, a contemporary fine artist who creates photo realistic painting using Humbrol enamel paints.
Throughout her art journey she has experimented with different genres, styles and mediums, however, after years of fighting against her autism she found herself continuously drawn back to depicting the details of her environment as that’s how she naturally see everything, she explains how it is like looking through a magnifying glass. Her work, therefore, primarily focuses on bringing what might often be overlooked or even unseen into sharp relief, so others can get a glimpse into seeing the world differently.
