Introducing Katharine Lightfoot

I recently saw an interview with this talented young artist

and found myself captivated not only by her

rugged animal portraits but also by the wacky way she paints.
 

Kat at work in her studio

 

 Her madness had no apparent method that I could readily

discern.  She's a "just splosh it on" kind of a girl.

Foxhounds

 

At one stage during the conversation she totally amazed the

presenter, and I suspect anyone else watching including

myself, when she decided to turn her canvas upside down

and continued painting with it like that for a good ten minutes

with equaly stunning results.
 

Highland cow

 

 Katharine was born in 1972 (oh how that makes me feel old),

and moved to Dartmoor in 1998.  It's from these wild,

remote moors that she draws her inspiration which she sets

down in oils on huge canvases at extremely high speed.

 

In the judge's enclosure

 

Animal portraits and the farming life make up the bulk of her

portfolio but she is equally capable of turning out thrilling

seascapes at the drop of a sable-haired brush. 

Sheep - probably her favourite subject

She currently lives near Crediton in mid-Devon and is married

to the landlord of The Lamb Inn, Sandford where not only

can you get to see some of her work on display but also get

to sample some award winning pub grub to boot.

What's not to like about that?

Some of her work on display