Here is an extract of the text from the gallery leaflet: ‘Kate Walters’ latest series of drawings began in the wilds of the Abruzzo National Park in Italy, where she undertook an artist residency in august 2024. inspired by the landscape’s ancient beauty and raw vitality, she worked directly with natural materials gathered from the forest floor.
Using fallen oak galls crushed between rocks to make ink, and porcupine quills found along woodland paths as pens, Walters created a body of work deeply rooted in place. The resulting drawings explore themes of wildness, occupation, and resolution, reflecting the forest’s layered histories, from its natural rhythms to traces of human conflict.’
There will be artist walk and talk on January 23rd in the afternoon at 4 – 6 pm. The talk will create a conversation between Marie-Claire Hamon and Melanie Millar who are both showing in the Lower Gallery, adjacent to the Picture Room at Newlyn Art Gallery.