Kathryn is an experimental, authorial illustrator, who is influenced by fine art disciplines.
 

She delights in the immediacy of image making in reportage to document the world around her. In late 2011, she visited the OCCUPY London anti-capitalism protests outside St Paul’s Cathedral, and documented the various protesters, and the messages they were broadcasting to the rest of the nation, in a visual essay. Kathryn also engages with and draws inspiration from other areas of the arts, such as fine art, music, dance and poetry, and translates them to narrative illustration. Her work often results in a sequence of images.
 

Main drawing practice consists of blind contour drawing and continuous line, predominantly in ink. This technique was introduced early on in the degree course, and completely revitalised her work as a draftsman. When adding colour to her work, Kathryn’s medium of choice is oil pastel, which adds rich colour and texture.
 

Since early 2012, Kathryn has been researching various ways that chance can be utilised to create illustrated narratives. This train of thought has stemmed from interest in John Cage and Merce Cunningham, who together pioneered the use of chance operation techniques across the arts spectrum. She finds using chance as an element in mark making exciting.
 

Kathryn has experimented with animation during her university practice; she collaborated on a five minute animation response to Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa, illustrating his philosophy of Tintinnabuli through dance and the movement of the body.
 

Kathryn has been accepted for an MA Visual Communication course at the Royal College of Art from September 2013.