Kate Morgan RI
Kate's artwork celebrates nature, fusing colour and imagination to create paintings that represent the lushness and beauty of the natural world. Detail and drama combine to conjure up dreamlike worlds.
Times Square, New York
''Kate Morgan's dream-like detailed paintings glow with the exotic. Jewel-bright flowers twine with creeping lianas, and her beautiful animals appear serene in the colourful vegetation. Her vision of the jungle is a joy in the beauty and sheer variety of nature. It is a world of beauty and abundance, untroubled by humankind. Every plant and creature is exquisitely detailed, drawing your eye in a game of hide and seek.''
- Alice Shirley, (artist and curator)
Kate’s work celebrates the wonders of nature, blending colour and imagination to evoke the lush beauty of the natural world. With a unique perspective, Kate invites the viewers on a journey through dreamlike and fantastical realms.
From a young age, Kate was captivated by the intricacies of insects, newts, frogs and birds. This fascination with detail has remained a constant source of inspiration throughout her career.
Wildlife has always been a central theme in every painting, alongside a passion for invention, imagination and meticulous detail. The vibrancy and intensity of colour serve as essential elements in all her paintings.
Look closely for the concealed small details in each painting of creatures within dense foliage, encouraging a closer investigation to discover new elements each time you engage with the art work. An investigation that is always rewarded, revealing complex and vibrant eco systems where a frog may be glimpsed starring back at you or a beetle might be found drinking from a raindrop.
THE ARTIST
Complex and imaginative in composition, Kate’s work celebrates the plants, animals and insects found in a variety of global habitats with particular reference to indigenous and endangered species. Whilst extensive research informs every painting, Kate imagines habitats from a new perspective, fusing the real with the unreal.
Having obtained her first degree in fine art, Kate subsequently studied at postgraduate level at the Glasgow School of Art and then at Falmouth University where she was awarded her Masters degree.
Kate’s work forms part of many international private collections.