Catherine Sargeant

Catherine Sargeant trained at Edinburgh College of Art and is an experienced teacher and award winning, internationally exhibiting artist. Catherine is frequently drawn back to Italy, finding the culture, history, beauty and rhythm of the landscape a constant source of inspiration.

Catherine will cover the basic watercolour and acrylic techniques, paint application, tone, colour combinationsand landscape composition. She will teach group lessons and individual tuition, with a critique and end of week exhibition. There will be opportunities to sketch at various locations and these sketches can be used for more ambitious works as your ability and confidence progress. Catherine's course are in Tuscany during the month of August.

Catherine's Own Work

The inherent beauty of words fascinates me, along with the fact we are saturated with text and communication in every aspect of out lives. I aim to take this and create works that will simultaneously calm and question the viewer. I often work in series with various scales and surfaces.

My text works utilise people's favourite words and also the private languages that various groups use. Choosing words that look or sound beautiful I create a visual sea of words. I use traditional writing equipment such as, typewriters and letter stamps in the initial development of my work. I further develop the text onto diverse surfaces including fragile Japanese tissue paper and robust textural slate.

As my work spans various disciplines I aim to seamlessly combine traditional methods with contemporary ones while crossing the boundaries of fine art and design. Although neither poet nor writer I am a collaborator and catalyst for those who participate in my work during its creation and later exhibition. My aim is that the resulting art works, as well as being visually appealing, will also promote discussion and interaction.