MORNINGSIDE GALLERY
KATE BENTLEY KIMONO JOURNEYS
KATE BENTLEY KIMONO JOURNEYS
SOLO EXHIBITION 03.02.23 - 18.02.23
MORNINGSIDE GALLERY
INTRODUCTION KATE BENTLEY RI
Kate Bentley originally trained as a sculptor and Theatre Designer but by 1999 she had evolved into a full-time professional painter. She has subsequently enjoyed numerous solo shows throughout the UK and has clocked up many painting prizes. 2023 saw her win the Hosking House Trust Prize - 6th Annual Women’s Emerging Artist Painting Award and the Sea Pictures Gallery Award at the Royal Society of Marine Painters’ Annual Exhibition. She was also awarded membership to the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (RI). Her location and landscape hugely influences her subject matter and historically Kate is a ‘painter of life,’ using her en- plein air sessions and life drawing to feed into her narrative paintings. The paintings are initiated in the studio from mark making, working over studies and old work and a huge amount of experimentation. A sense of incredible depth, colour and light is achieved by building up layers of paint and scraping or sanding it back, to reveal what is underneath and then beginning the process again. ‘Kimono Journeys’ weaves together Kate’s interest in traditional kimonos as works of art in their own right and her love of the human form. It is a truly breathtaking body of work that conveys the beauty and the drama of its subject matter along with Kate’s interest in pattern and texture. We hope that you can view these incredible works in life.
Eileadh Swan
Notes
All paintings are for sale and may be purchased or reserved prior to the exhibition opening. We kindly request that decisions on reserves are made by 5pm on Friday the 2nd of February.
SHIKOMI NO.2 (PREPARATION II) Oil on Panel | £6000 Framed Size: 120 x 120 cm
KIMONO EXHIBIT A Watercolour and Copper Pigment | £2200 Framed Size: 83 x 103 cm
KIMONO EXHIBIT B Watercolour and Gold Pigment | £2200 Framed Size: 83 x 103 cm
MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB, BRIDGES TO CROSS Oil on Panel | £3000 Framed Size: 73 x 103 cm
EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN IS ROSEY Oil on Panel | £3000 Framed Size: 78 x 103 cm
FIGHTING DRAGONS Oil on Panel | £3000 Framed Size: 78 x 103 cm
FLEET ING Oil on Panel | £4500 Framed Size: 100 x 100 cm
ICON (THE ORDER OF THINGS) Oil on Board | £1300 Framed Size: 47 x 63 cm
BROKEN BUTTERFLY Oil on Panel | £1100 Framed Size: 48 x 60 cm
THE NEW SHOES (SEIJIN NO HI - COMING OF AGE DAY) Oil on Panel | £2750 Framed Size: 75 x 93 cm
CAPTURE Oil on Panel | £2750 Framed Size: 73 x 93 cm
DANCE OF LIFE Oil on Panel | £3000 Framed Size: 74 x 114 cm
DI SPLAY Oil on Board | £1500 Framed Size: 58 x 58 cm
WHEN YOU’RE A GIRL Oil on Panel | £3000 Framed Size: 78 x 103 cm
LADY OF IRON Watercolour and Pigment on Watercolour Board £3000 Framed Size: 76 x 96 cm
LADY LIMELIGHT AND MADAM MISANTHROPY Oil on Panel | £2750 Framed Size: 93 x 73 cm
KIMONO STORIES Watercolour | £2500 Framed Size: 105 x 85 cm
KINTSUGI Watercolour and Ink | £695 Framed Size: 48 x 59 cm
NORDIC MAPS Oil on Panel | £595 Framed Size: 32 x 40 cm
OPENING UP Watercolour | £1900 Framed Size: 75 x 75 cm
S I STERS Pure Watercolour | £1400 Framed Size: 51 x 70 cm
THE SANCTUARY Watercolour | £2200 Framed Size:103 x 83 cm
EMBROIDERED STORIES Watercolour | £2200 Framed Size: 74 x 97 cm
PROTECTOR Watercolour and Screen Print | £1995 Framed Size: 72 x 88 cm
SHIKOMI (PREPARATION) Oil on Panel | £3000 Framed Size: 74 x 114 cm
WATCHING OVER ME Oil on Watercolour Paper | £595 Framed Size: 40 x 45 cm
MUSEUM Oil on Panel | £2500 Framed Size:63 x 93 cm
MORNINGSIDE GALLERY 94 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4BY 0131 447 3041 art@morningsidegallery.co.uk www.morningsidegallery.co.uk
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