Kate Beatty
White Heron – Kotuku $1,850 Status: Available
New Zealand Bellbird – Korimako $2,180 Status: Available
Kokapo $1,850 Status: Available
New Zealand Wood Pigeon Perched On A Branch $1,850 Status: Sold
Forbe’s Paraket $1,850 Status: Sold
Kotare Perched On A Post $1,850 Status: Available
Little Owl Observing $1,850 Status: Sold
Goldfinch Perched On A Branch $1,850 Status: Sold
North Island Little Spotted Kiwi $1,850 Status: Available
The Charismatic Swallow $1,850 Status: Sold
Silvereye – Tauhau $1,850 Status: Available
A Pair Of Inquisitive New Zealand Black Robins $4,490 Status: Available
Mother Swan And Cygnets $4,490 Status: Sold
Little Owls On Top $4,490 Status: Available
A Pair Of New Zealand Kereru Perched On A Branch $4,490 Status: Available
A Pair Of New Zealand Kiwi Chicks $4,980 Status: Available
New Zealand Fantail – Piwakawaka $2,180 Status: Available
Our Native Kakapo $2,180 Status: Available
Morepork – Ruru $2,180 Status: Sold
Mischievous New Zealand Little Owl $2,180 Status: Available
Kereru $2,180 Status: Available
White Swan $1,850 Status: Available
Kokako $1,850 Status: Sold
New Zealand Falcon – Karearea $1,850 Status: Available
New Zealand Tomtit $2,180 Status: Available
Our Native Tui $2,180 Status: Available
Kingfisher – Kotare $2,180 Status: Available
Our Native Kaka $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: Under Option
Kate has completed a degree at Ilam School of Fine Arts with a major in painting in 2014. Previous to her degree she had studied in printmaking, sculpture, painting and photography.
Kate’s current series of works explore the hierarchy of image and object through a process that draws on seriality and originality. Repeated botanical studies form the background , as a native bird is depicted in the corner or centre of the artwork. This patterning effect works to devalue the botanical image; it becomes design, wallpaper-esque, whereas the depicted native birds stand by themselves. A ‘colourwash’ is applied over the surface, simultaneously pulling some of the botanical images into the mid and foreground. In doing this, the background almost acquires the status of subject as the native birds fall between the fore and mid-ground. The combined result is uncanny; nothing seems to be quite what it should.
The concept behind the series of works draws on establishing a connection of Kate’s heritage as a New Zealand European woman.