Kathryn Matthews

Biography

Kathryn Matthews studied at the Deva Art School in Holland before going on to obtain an Honors Degree in Visual Art from De Montfort University / Rotterdam Art Academy. After a short spell of working as an archaeological illustrator she returned to her seafront studio where she has since been painting full-time. Kathryn draws inspiration from her extensive travels, from which she uses a collaboration of sketches, photos and memory to produce painting in oil on board back home at the studio. Recent trips have included Haiti, Cuba and the Czech Republic. The latest series of work however is based on travels to Corsica, taking inspiration from the rugged, coastal villages of Cap Corse. Kathryn is also working on a collection of paintings of British fishing ports, including Whitby, Mevagissey and the ever appealing town of St. Ives. Over the last decade Kathryn has exhibited in solo and mixed shows across the country and in 2002 took part in joint shows in Paris, Dubai and New York. She has shown at Christies and The Royal College and her work can be regularly in galleries in London, Cambridge, Darlington and Ashbourne. Kathryn has recently been commissioned to paint a 3m centerpiece for the new P & O Cruise Liner – The Arcadia. Other major commissions include a series of large paintings for ASK restaurants. Also available are four limited edition, hand-separated silk-screen prints (‘Town on the Crooked Meadow’, ‘Evening in Bohemia’, ‘Harbour Gap’ and ‘Smeatons Pier’) published by Artizan Editions in Hove. Posters are available, published by Winn Devon. In May 2001, Kathryn and two fellow painters opened their new studio and gallery ‘Two Kats and a Cow’ which is situated in a old fisherman’s arch on Brighton Beach.