Conversations with Hornel

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Event Details We are excited to be bringing you an extra event taking place at Broughton House on Friday 4th September at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Tickets are £7 for Friends and Event Details We are excited to be bringing you an extra event taking place at Broughton House on Friday 4th September at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Tickets are £7 for Friends and £8 for other NTS and visitors. Tickets are available by emailing This talk “Conversations with Hornel” the inspiration behind the paintings will be given by Kate prior to her opening at the Whitehouse Gallery which begins on Saturday 5th September at 11am Biography Kate initially trained as a Sculptor and Theatre Designer but by 1999 she made the decision to be a full-time painter. Originally from the Lake District she is now based on the Solway coast in south west Scotland and is also a member of the Society of Women Artists. Kate’s location and landscape hugely influences her subject matter and historically is a ‘painter of life’, using her en plein-air sessions and life drawing to feed her narrative paintings. These narrative works are developed from her love of the human form, pattern, chiaroscuro, and of course theatricality! They are initiated in the studio from mark making, working over studies and old work and a huge amount of experimentation. Themes emerge and the narrative becomes apparent, often stemmed from life experiences, past and present.