Kate Lycett Painting Hebden Bridge

For the past several years, Kate Lycett has lived and painted life in and around Hebden Bridge. Looking at her work it’s not surprising that she trained and worked as a textile designer prior to her life as an artist and you can see echoes of Kate’s former career enhancing her artworks.

Her style has grown in richness and texture and her colours have become more opulent, with a beautiful subtle harmony between her love of pattern and the landscape she is surrounded by, which forms the basis of her work.

Her observations of the local area are captivating and I love her use of layering colour upon colour and detail upon detail in the hills and streets of Hebden Bridge itself. I perhaps  sense the influences of Gustav Klimt from Kate’s flickering golds and rich tones and the structure and detail in the paintings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, but essentially Kate has made her style her own, allowing the textile elements to trickle through her paintings, adding relief and texture to her undulating town and landscapes.

I love the way in which her pattern almost drips into the waters beneath these houses.

Also the way in which elements are repeated in Kate’s work, the cherry blossom, the birch trees, the dancing patterning, all features which enhance and enrich each painting.

You can buy a card, print or a delicate Hebden light from Kate’s shop here or in Hannah Nunns’ lovely shop Radiance Lighting or from the Heart Gallery in Hebden Bridge who is featuring an exhibition of Kate’s work called ‘Tall Trees & Warm Stone’ from now until July 7th, do pop along and say where you heard about this. You can also contact Kate directly and follow her work through her Facebook page.