Kate Beatty
Swallow on Hand $2,180 Status: Available
Tomtit on Hand $1,850 Status: Available
Fantail on the artists hand $1,850 Status: Available
Forbes Parakeet on the artists hand $1,850 Status: Available
Bellbird on Hand $2,180 Status: Available
Fantail on Hand $2,180 Status: Available
Two Huias Perched on a Branch $4,490 Status: Available
Kokako $1,850 Status: Available
Kea $1,850 Status: Available
Kaka perched on a branch $1,850 Status: Available
Peacock $4,980 Status: Available
White Heron – Kotuku $1,850 Status: Available
New Zealand Bellbird – Korimako $2,180 Status: Under Option
Kokapo $1,850 Status: Available
Kotare Perched On A Post $1,850 Status: Available
North Island Little Spotted Kiwi $1,850 Status: Available
Silvereye – Tauhau $1,850 Status: Available
A Pair Of Inquisitive New Zealand Black Robins $4,490 Status: Under Option
Little Owls On Top $4,490 Status: Available
A Pair Of New Zealand Kereru Perched On A Branch $4,490 Status: Sold
A Pair Of New Zealand Kiwi Chicks $4,980 Status: Available
New Zealand Fantail – Piwakawaka $2,180 Status: Sold
Our Native Kakapo $2,180 Status: Sold
Mischievous New Zealand Little Owl $2,180 Status: Available
Kereru $2,180 Status: Available
White Swan $1,850 Status: Available
New Zealand Falcon – Karearea $1,850 Status: Available
New Zealand Tomtit $2,180 Status: Available
Our Native Tui $2,180 Status: Sold
Kingfisher – Kotare $2,180 Status: Sold
White Swan Standing (Black Series) $1,550 Status: Available
NZ Tui (Black Series) $1,550 Status: Available
NZ Pukeko (Black Series) $1,550 Status: Available
NZ Kea Ascending in Flight (Black Series) $1,980 Status: Sold
Kate has worked with the subject matter of NZ birds and flora since her studies back at the School of Fine Arts. She graduated in 2014 with a major in painting.
Kate has explored this subject matter and it has evolved to this 2019-2020 collection. Kate describes her works as painted portraits of NZ birds within a wallpaper-esque background. These portraits are
a depicted interpretation of the individual birds’ personality and characteristics.
Colour harmony and colour saturation is a great interest of Kates and she uses this in the way to exaggerate certain physical characteristics of the birds. She also plays with the colour harmony between the depicted bird and wallpaper-esque backdrop which unifies the work and creates an inviting aesthetic.
The flora patterning effect is layered in a way that Kate pushes some of the pattern into the background by painting over the image; some is painted into the mid-ground and then painted in more detail bringing it into the fore-ground. This gives a visual push pull effect which creates a complimentary yet uncanny environment in which the NZ bird/birds are posed.