Artist Profile - Kate Van Suddese
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Biography
Kate has been painting for over 24 years, using oil on canvas to create her distinctive seascapes. Her works are created in series always linked to her original Sea Senses Series yet always progressing, through colour and form seeking new ways to capture an elusive element. Each series informs the next creating momentary diversions and differing aspects, where one series may focus on the ethereal nature of light and its relationship to the sea, another series may focus on the tumultuous depths of the body of water itself. Inspiration for her work comes from the dramatic North East coastline and sea, the West coast of Scotland and the Cornish coastline.
Artist Statement
I have been influenced throughout my painting career to a great extent by the wonderful drama and light in Turner’s work and by the use of light and freedom of brushstroke epitomised by the Impressionists. I also admire the iridescent beauty captured by the Pre-Raphaelites and the dramatic immediacy of Expressionism. In all, the interest in beauty, light and other worldliness, where the mundane becomes extraordinary and the familiar becomes surreal is something I aim for in my own work. I have been working on seascapes for a number of years and they remain an ever fascinating subject for me. The oils range in size from large panoramic visions to small scale pieces depicting the small worlds within the larger whole. For me, the sea is a wonderful catalyst for every emotion experienced. I am constantly trying to capture the drama and life embodied in the physical presence of this immense body of water along with its relationship to the land and sky. I strive to capture the mystical sense between the sea, land and observer, the ever changing swirls of moods and responses and the constrast of finite and infinite. Beauty, light, power and drama is everything, to transform the ordinary into something magical and extraordinary is all.
Sea Senses
Where the sea meets the land It creates a place of magical effect The sea is a mystical space where the unseen is seen And where dreams are conceived
Ferociously alive, powerful, yet comforting Soothing in its ever changing beauty It is parent, lover and listener
Where I see the unseen I see myself And I find peace
Kate Van Suddese