Pomegranates

The fruit’s oldest symbolic association are with fertility and reproduction. Peoples of the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean region associated it with goddesses like Inanna, Kubaba (Cybele), Tanit, Astarte, Rhea, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. In the ancient Greek myth of Persephone, she eats some of the seeds given to her by the lord of the Underworld, binding her to return for half of every year. Two thousand years later, a nightingale sings in a pomegranate tree outside Juliet’s window as she awaits Romeo.

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Kat is a self taught mixed media artist who resides in Currumbin Valley, Australia. She works with all types of media, with her favourites being acrylic and collage. Throwing in some unusual material into her work to add texture and layers and mood to express emotions and depth. Her work is spawns from her passion within to constantly create and the therapy it provides for her in her busy life with 4 young kids. Kat is influenced by her children and her life experiences, bringing to life a lot of raw emotions on paper. Most of her work is based around beautiful and strong women with influences in the lowbrow/pop surreal as well as the fantasy genres. She finds Persian miniatures very fascinating a lot of her work has been inspired by the ancient miniature paintings originating from India, Egypt and Persia.