Kate Powell, 1995 | Symbolist painter / Illustrator

Kate Louise Powell is an illustrator and animal rights activist originally from Halifax, West Yorkshire, currently based in Glasgow.

After drawing recreationally her whole life, Kate started to take her artistic career more seriously in 2012 and produced a number of popular illustrations with the reoccurring motifs of flowers and butterflies.

Since then she has experimented with photography, mixed media and paint, but still works mostly in pencil/coloured pencil and black ink.

Throughout the end of high school and during her foundation year at Leeds College of Art, Kate strove to create more personal and emotive portraits, and eventually discovered her niche by focussing on animal rights activism art during her Illustration BA Hons degree at the University of Edinburgh.

Kate received a Distinction grade in her Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Leeds College of Art and a First Class degree with Honours after studying Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art.

"My name is Kate Louise Powell and I dream of being a professional artist.

I was drawing before I could talk. A lot of people associate me with my ability to pick up a pencil and render something impressive, and for that reason, I am proud. I have recently trying to gather more confidence in myself and what I do.

I still do feel quite bold and even boastful labelling myself as an artist, because for me an artist is a professional who makes a living from creating; I am just a girl who draws for fun".

"But I guess I'll maybe have to start admitting that I AM an artist in some respects.

Drawing is what I do, who I am. If I didn't draw I'd curl up and die.

Every big breakthrough starts as a hare-brained idea, but I never go off into the deep end, so I always want to take my art a little bit further, and this is what motivates me to keep going.

I need to balance my routine portfolio with the new and untried, I need to take risks or I'll fizzle out and never make anything of my so-called gift.

I have all the correct foundations to build something worthwhile upon, and I am hopefully going to make something of my life through my talent. I have a lot to learn, and learn I shall".

Kate Louise Powell è una illustratrice ed attivista per i diritti degli animali originaria di Halifax, West Yorkshire, attualmente residente a Glasgow.

Dopo aver disegnato in modo ricreativo per tutta la sua vita, Kate ha iniziato a prendere più seriamente la sua carriera artistica nel 2012 e ha prodotto una serie di illustrazioni popolari con i motivi ricorrenti di fiori e farfalle.

Da allora ha sperimentato con la fotografia, la tecnica mista e la pittura, ma lavora ancora principalmente con matita/matita colorata e inchiostro nero.

Durante la fine del liceo e durante il suo anno di fondazione al Leeds College of Art, Kate si è sforzata di creare ritratti più personali ed emotivi, e alla fine ha scoperto la sua nicchia concentrandosi sull'arte dell'attivismo per i diritti degli animali durante la sua laurea in Illustrazione BA Hons presso l'Università di Edimburgo.

“Dalla fine del 2016, mi sono concentrato sulla combinazione dei miei due maggiori interessi per produrre un lavoro che sia emotivo, educativo e deliberatamente provocatorio.

Il mio obiettivo è utilizzare l'illustrazione per far luce su atti specifici di abuso di animali e comportamenti umani moralmente incoerenti e per alimentare conversazioni su come percepiamo e trattiamo gli animali non umani".

Kate ha ricevuto un grado di lode nel suo Foundation Diploma in Art and Design presso il Leeds College of Art e una laurea di prima classe con lode dopo aver studiato illustrazione presso l'Edinburgh College of Art.