Kate Harkin is a figurative contemporary artist based in Brisbane, Australia. Her works are primarily large scale acrylics. Kate’s style is highly technical and detailed photo-realism with a strong emphasis on patterns of light and colour. Her current art works are based around immersion in water. Emotive, sensual and uplifting, Kate’s paintings celebrate the beauty of life on the Australian beach, evoking feelings of warmth and delight. Her use of colour and light refracted through water create works of art that are both masterful and beautiful. Kate’s debut portfolio of artwork includes a curated collection of primarily figurative works, with a selection of contemporary portraits celebrating the beauty of the female face and figure.
Kate’s art works are available for purchase as originals or as limited edition signed prints.
Kate has received the following awards
* Merit Award 2020 Art Room Gallery
* Honorable mention 2020 Modern Art Show for Grey Cube Gallery
* 2021 Bluethumb staff picks for ‘Azure’ & ‘Azzurro’
* Bluethumb selected Feature Artist 2021
* Daily Picks Bluethumb Art for ‘Verde’, 2022
* Feature Artist in Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine 2022
* Blue thumb staff picks ‘Hold Your Breath’, 2022
* Featured House & Garden Magazine , UK 2022
* Selected in Bluethumb Curation for art that transports, 2022
* Circle foundation feature artist 2022
* Featured in The World of Interiors Magazine 2022
* Bluethumb staff picks for ‘Citrus’, 2022
* Featured in British Vogue UK 2023
* Artistic Excellence Award for Circle Foundation Artist of the Year, 2023
* Top featured artist - Art Tour International 2023
* Masterful Minds artists to watch March 2024
* Featured in UK House & Garden June 2024