Lot: 16

Artist:  Kate Crook

Title:  Italy: Bus stop

Medium:  watercolour

Framed size: 126cm x108cm

Price range of artists similar works: £450 - £1250

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About the artist:

Kate Crook began painting large landscapes in Italy in the late eighties.

These were painted in situ. She has returned to one particular village,

Casole d'Elsa, many times over the past fifteen years and has built up a

large body of work from these visits.

A preoccupation with line and the rhythm of the landscape is evident in

her work. The decorative values of early Renaissance painters such a

Duccio, Piero della Francesca, Sassetta and Ambrogia Lorenzetti have

also been a strong influence. These interests have continued to affect

her landscapes and her figure-based work throughout her career.

Between 2001 and 2004 she was involved in a major project,

photographing and drawing the dunes at Camber Sands, Sussex. Her

fascination with the undulating landscape of the dunes and grasses led

to a series of monotypes and etchings.

More recently Kate has employed printmaking and charcoal drawing

techniques to produce a body of work based on time spent in Andalucia,

Spain.