My work begins with a single, simple mark, a dot or a circle. Repeated over and over, these quiet gestures evolve into vast, textured landscapes. Through subtle shifts in scale, spacing and density, movement starts to unfold. Depth emerges. Rhythm takes shape. What begins as a study in simplicity becomes something immersive and meditative, a visual language that speaks in silence.

Originally working in black and white, I soon felt colour tugging at me; bold, unpredictable, luminous. Alcohol inks offered a way to invite spontaneity into the process: bursts of pigment that swirl, collide, and bloom with a life of their own. These explosions of colour are like shooting stars, fleeting and uncontrollable, bringing a kind of magic to the precision of my pen work. It’s the contrast I love, the tension between control and chaos, clarity and chance.

Creating is my quiet place. It calms the noise in my head and grounds me in something deeper; something expansive, unknown, and profoundly human. My practice explores the liminal space between science and spirituality, the edge where the known gives way to mystery. I’m drawn to the cosmos, to consciousness, to the questions that don’t have answers. Each piece is a reflection of that wonder and of the comfort I find in simply asking.

These works are visual meditations. Places where light meets dark, where chaos dissolves into calm, where countless small gestures become something far greater than the sum of their parts. Though my process is deliberate, I aim to leave space for the viewer’s own interpretations. Like staring into clouds or the night sky, each person sees something different in my work — and that, to me, is part of the magic. These pieces are about finding unity in fragments, meaning in simplicity, and calm in the complexity of being human.

If even for a moment, I hope my art allows you to pause, reflect, and feel grounded in the beautiful uncertainty of it all.

BIO

Katie is a British visual artist based in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Her practice centres around simplicity, repetition, and intuition, with works composed of countless hand-drawn circles and dots—forming delicate fields of texture, light, and colour. What begins as a single mark becomes a complex, meditative landscape that invites reflection, calm, and curiosity.

Katie’s connection to art began in early childhood and remained a constant throughout her school years. She studied both GCSE and A-Level art alongside music, often combining the two—designing concert programmes and album artwork for school recordings. Though music became her professional path, she continued to draw and explore different mediums, while enjoying a successful and varied career as a performing musician.

In recent years, prompted by the work of stippling artists she encountered online, Katie returned to drawing with renewed focus. During the time pre-show on a theatre contract, she began creating intricately detailed ink drawings, using dots and circles to render animal forms and textures. Over time, her practice evolved into a freer, more intuitive approach, abandoning reference imagery in favour of improvisation and emotional response. Her compositions began to emerge organically, much like a piece of improvised music, shaped by the density and rhythm of each mark.

This journey also reignited her long-standing love of colour. What began as black ink on white paper soon expanded into explorations with coloured inks, tinted backgrounds, and eventually alcohol inks—allowing for bold, spontaneous bursts of colour that contrast with the methodical precision of her circles and stippled forms. These vivid splashes offer moments of unpredictability and wonder, echoing themes of cosmic mystery, oceanic depth, and emotional resonance.

Katie’s work is informed by her ongoing exploration of the space between the scientific and the spiritual—between structure and chaos, control and surrender. Her pieces reflect a personal search for stillness and clarity, inviting viewers to pause, observe, and find their own meaning in the intricate visual language of marks, shadows, and light.

Though still early in her visual arts career, Katie brings a lifetime of creative experience to her work. Her background in music, deep curiosity, and mindful approach give her art a distinctive voice—quiet yet powerful, playful yet profound. She continues to develop her practice from her home in Buckinghamshire, inspired by the beauty of the natural world and the mysteries that lie just beyond it.