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Slice of Life
Artist Bio
Kat Kinch
I came to watercolour painting the long way, in my 40s, as a year-round, self-taught extension of the creative expression I had already found in gardening and as a restorative practice to counterbalance my day job as a courtroom lawyer. After taking part in a series of garden watercolour workshops in 2022, I continued a regular painting practice that took off as a passion the following year.
I am a member of Spirit of the Hills Arts Association and an Apple Route Studio Tour artist, exhibiting in group shows at John M. Parrott Art Gallery (Belleville, Ontario - juried), Ah! Arts and Heritage Centre (Warkworth) and K Okay Café (Warkworth), where I also had a solo exhibition in September 2024. In 2024, I was commissioned to provide the album cover art for Dirty Face and a Broken Screen by singer-songwriter Darren Roy Clarke.
Further afield, I exhibited and sold a painting in the Royal Watercolour Society’s Open 2026 at the Bankside Gallery in London, England. This led to further opportunities in England: I have contributed paintings to the Pure Arts Group digital exhibition for RHS Chelsea Flower Show, to the MV Art Exhibition in support of Mount Vernon Cancer Centre healing garden, Kingsbury Barn, St. Albans, Hertfordshire and to the November 2026 “Be Part of Art 5” art auction of 150 original artworks by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and invited “special guests” (of which I am one).
While my early paintings focused on gardens and wild plants, I have evolved into a narrative painter, aiming for fragmented colourful postcards to the future as a central theme for my work.
Contact info for sales inquiries: mkatkinch@gmail.com
About the Curator
Maddi Snowden is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based out of Grafton's Cherry Hill Studio. She is part of Alchimista as the resident artist, curator, graphic designer, illustrator, and keen coffee drinker.
Her work is in series, choosing and exploring a style and subject matter, experimenting through repetition. For florals, she works without references, aiming to create the impression of being immersed in a spring garden without specifically indicating which species are on display. When painting wildlife, colours are heightened and creatures imbued with character. When painting still life, work is done predominantly with a palette knife to sculpt the image out of the canvas. Most pieces are done in heavy acrylics with lots of sculptural medium to model thick, drippy images that have literal and visual depth. The goal is to produce impressionistic pieces that evoke the feelings that arise from taking the time to look closely at the vivid spaces around us.
Maddi's work is regularly on display on the walls of the cafe, and she curates guest artists to fill the community wall on a monthly basis.
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