Catherine was born in Brighton and spent her childhood working with animals on local farms helping with lambing and calving and looking after horses. From this she progressed to more exacting work on a dairy unit in Yorkshire and then onto deer farming and dairying in New Zealand working for the director of Anchor Farm Products.
Catherine went on to study at The Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, specialising in animal nutrition and husbandry. This has been followed by a period in the antique business, working in several antique and art galleries, as well as raising a family, before starting her activities making art herself.
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Installation shots: AGRISCULPTURE, Holt 2025
Her love of art has been inspired by nature and the environment developed into more abstract, constructivist painting and sculpture made up of fragments that are rusty and naturally fatigued. Her art activities provide the perfect antithesis to her busy family life. The calmness that her meticulously planned work induces is a crucial part of her creative process.
From within the confines of her portakabin studio, Catherine visualises where these pieces will be situated most comfortably within her perception of constructivist formalisation. A process of adjusting and readjusting constantly until the ultimate arrangement satisfies her aesthetic descision making, before it heads back to the farm workshop to be welded together.
ANTHONY FELL ANTIQUES, OLD STABLE YARD, HOLT NR27 6BN
Please call Catherine on 07809 428458 to arrange an appointment to view
About the author
Paul Vater
PAUL VATER
Paul conducts studio visits to maintain strong relationships with artists, designers and craftspeople who show their work with us. He manages the main C&C website and has developed the online shop where selected works are presented for sale.
Paul established his design company, Sugarfree, in 1990 and quickly gained a reputation for delivering fresh, effective marketing campaigns and brand identities for clients including Save the Children Fund, United Nations Association and UNHCR. Over the years those added to the roster include IPC Magazines, Arts Council England, The Roundhouse, Barbican Centre, Arts Marketing Association, Look Ahead Housing and Care, Paddington Waterside, BBC Worldwide, Commonwealth Foundation, Prestel, City of London Corporation, Baker Street Quarter, Victoria BID and the University of East Anglia.