kathy wray
I am a self employed artist, tutor and workshop leader. My personal working
practice is figurative, incorporating my own dance movement language and working
from other models and figurative imagery in the out comes of drawing, mixed
media, art works, painting and printmaking. I have recently began to explore
sculptural mediums and working with clay and throwing on the wheel. I am
particularly inspired by the visual narrative gained from documentary and
fashion photography and use my own and sourced photography as a visual aid. I
currently I am currently teach and facilitate a regular figure and life drawing
class, which is of a good standard. I enjoy tutoring adults as well as joining
in with drawing and allowing others valid input into the group. I also run
family Saturday morning art workshops at ocean studios which have included
experimental painting and fun painting and drawing games, narrative book making,
clay tiles, printing, marbling, badge making etc I also own my own portable
printing press and can lead monotype, dry point etching and Collagraph
print-making. I recently completed a year-long ‘defining practice’ course at the
Newly School of Art and I endeavour to continue developing my own artists
practice as well as working within the community in diverse ways, whilst drawing
upon my wealth of experience. I am also keen to make drawn portraits of people
at community street events. I continually visit and enjoy art exhibitions, live
music, arts cinema, dance performance, theatre, comedy, street performance.
