Author archive for Kathryn

  • Jun302017
    lines and pyramids of colour make up this acrylic painting of trees

    Journeying from expressionism into abstraction. Can you see the wood for the trees? 

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    Experimenting with abstraction was part of the task I set myself in the first two months of 2017. I wanted…

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  • Jun232017
    WIP newspaper trees test for flicker painting

    How many trees does it take to make a forest flicker?

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    ‘The light between the trees trunks flickers. It passes by so briefly. There’s a spot on the M4, going East,…

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  • Jun162017
    WIP painting of train journey detail with resin marks

    Through the square window; how to capture the countryside shrouded in darkness

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    The countryside is in darkness. Looking through the window of the train I’d taken notes and a few smartphone photos.…

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  • Jun162017
    PAINTING acrylic of a view from a train window at night

    Peering through murky windows at the falling darkness

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    Staring into the darkness through the windows of the train on the way home from Wales. Thoughts racing through my…

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  • Jun082017
    photo of wip of painting crossed lines

    Crossed lines of communication and vision; a journey by car

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    Crossed lines is a mash-up of observation and thought. Journeying back from Cardiff one evening, as a passenger in the…

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  • Jun072017
    pencil sketch for confessions a painting by Kathryn Sassall

    How confession got out of the box; making an impression

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    Bringing confession to light, meant combining images from different sources. The sketches highlight the ideal positions of the two people involved.…

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  • Jun062017
    taken in japan white pot with candle and ash in japan in photo by kathryn sassall

    No smoke without fire. What comes to light at the confessional?

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    How could a visit to a memory clinic result in faces in the light showing in the darkness of the…

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  • Jun052017
    photo of paitning all that on fireplace

    Feeling the joy of the golden light of early Autumn; showers, sunshine and shimmer.

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    Golden light is streaming through the trees into my eyes when driving towards Hereford on the A417 and M4 in…

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