Kimono Journeys
Three Sisters, Three Letters Framed Size: 89 x 78 cm 89 78
Shikomi Preparation II Framed Size: 120 x 120 cm 120 120
'When you're a Girl' Framed Size: 78 x 103 cm 78 103
Mountains to Climb, Bridges to Cross Framed Size: 78 x 103 cm 78 103
Everything in the Garden is Rosey Framed Size: 78 x 103 cm 78 103
Fighting Dragons Framed Size: 78 x 103 cm 78 103
Icon (The Order of things) Framed Size: 47 x 63 cm 47 63
Lady Limelight and Madam Misanthropy Framed Size: 93 x 73 cm 93 73
Shikomi (Preparation) Framed Size: 74 x 114 cm 74 114
The New Shoes (Seijin No Hi-Coming of Age day) Framed Size: 75 x 93 cm 75 93
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.
