In the Greenhouse

Many years ago, I had an old farmhouse in Derbyshire, UK. It was an idyllic location and I would go with my children, collecting apples off our trees and daffodils and other spring flowers from the garden . We would pile our largesse into this old wooden gardening trug which I picked up in a bric a brac shop. I loved the romance of the whole experience and I wanted to try to capture the mood of that time with the trug as a prop.

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Kate Ryan is a West Australian oil painter. Kate is particularly interested in the play of light, shadow and colour temperature . “ There is a particular intensity of light and colour that is unique to Western Australia that provides us with endless, magical and fleeting moments of beauty in nature. I try to catch the essence of these transient moments in my paintings. “
Kate’s current focus is on coastal images, wild flowers and still-life. She enjoys the challenge of painting en plein air (outdoors) and from life but also enjoys time in her Floreat studio.
Kate has also had significant success with portraiture and has been a semi-finalist in the prestigious Black Swan (now, Lester Portrait Prize) competition. Her work is now in collections in the UK, USA, New Zealand and around Australia.