Kathryn Dalziel

About the artist

Kathryn Dalziel

Painter, Sculptor

Salisbury
Wiltshire
United Kingdom

Kathryn Dalziel

Galleries

The leighton gallery, Weymouth

Dogs in Art, Stockbridge

Statement

Kathryn’s personal statement :

My inspiration is taken from life and my classical training has given me a solid foundation for my individual expression and style. Although my portraits, figurative painting and equine art hold great importance for me, lately I have moved towards some more contemporary paintings of seascapes, landscapes and plants. All natural life is inspirational for me and I work towards capturing depth, movement, mood and atmosphere or sometimes just pure colour attracts me.

My love, involvement and fascination with the horse have led me to be knowledgeable of their anatomy, muscular frame, paces and behaviour. This affinity with the horse helps me to capture their movement and expressions. I work towards portraying a fresh, life-like quality so the viewer might imagine they could almost feel the softness of the horse’s muzzle. Some of my equine paintings are included in my best works.

Two years ago I worked sketching and painting at the Spanish School of Riding in Vienna. I worked for over a month with the magical Lipizzaner horses in ‘the most beautiful riding hall in the world’. I also visited the stud at Piber in the Austrian mountains to paint them running free in their natural environment. I am still working on some of this collection.

Thank you for visiting kathryndalzielart.com, I hope you will continue to visit as it is constantly changing and being up dated with new work.

Biography

2007

Kathryn Dalziel – Professional painter and sculptor including classical portraits and equine art. Kathryn studied Fine Art at Bournemouth and Southampton where she graduated and won two National Design Awards. Her interest in classical portraiture and an attraction with the methods of the old masters led her to Florence, where she was educated in the traditional methods of drawing and painting. This classical training as a portrait painter encouraged her to use the painting and drawing methods that stem directly from the leading Parisian ateliers of the nineteenth century: Using the sight-size method the painter is able to capture a close portrayal of expression, spatial depth and an altogether more three dimensional image; a method that was used from the beginning of the seventeenth century and may be detected in portraits by Titian, Van Dyck and Velazquez.

Exhibition History

23.04.09

Dorchester Arts Spring Exhibition at Poundbury Gardens, Dorchester