Kathleen Dawson

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About me

I am a painter, producing small mixed media collage works inspiring larger paintings in oil or acrylic.

My work is rooted in landscape, predominantly urban, and I try to capture a sense of the spirit of place. I draw on my previous experience as a systems developer specialising in map-based systems, also in my interest in geography and history.

My work incorporates imagery drawn from maps, photographs, aerial views, magazines and newspapers. I cultivate a sense of ambiguity; I don’t have an answer, just a sense that life is difficult and complex but with a lot to offer.

I feel a kinship with the borderline representational but clearly land-inspired work of artists such as Peter Lanyon and Per Kirkeby, but as a painter with an interest in the contemporary scene I am by no means closed to wider influences.

I am currently studying for an MA in Fine and Applied Art at Canterbury Christ Church University.