Kate Gritton

For painter and printmaker Kate Gritton a landscape is made of more than what meets the eye. Her work explores the visible features that conceal untold stories in both rural and urban environments, such as abandoned pathways through fields marking moments from the past and unused doors leading to unknown enclosures, courtyards and secret gardens. These small details become the main protagonists of the artist’s work, framed in the centre of the canvas through archways and doorframes, or focused upon with an almost abstract quality; drawing the viewer in to contemplate the physiognomy of the otherwise overlooked.

Gritton’s practice often sees her building a painting with different printing techniques such as lino cutting, monoprinting and collagraphy, or creating textures with collage or plaster before applying paint. Her work is a celebration of mediums, combining and layering with colour and thin glazes to create a sense of undiscovered elements, inviting the viewer to search for the hidden narrative.

Based in East Sussex in the UK, Gritton studied Fine Art at the Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, specialising in painting and printmaking. Her recent solo show ‘SOUNDINGS – In search of my Father’s War’ was exhibited at Hastings Art Forum, and will be shown again next year to mark 80 years since the beginning of World War 2.