A unique and engaging collection of paintings can be seen at the Town Mill's Malthouse Gallery in Lyme Regis from Saturday (5).
From May 5 to 22, the Town Mill’s Malthouse Gallery will be hosting Diana and Actaeon by Devon-based artist Kate Westbrook that has been specially curated for the Lyme Regis gallery by The Art Room’s Deborah Wood.
Inspired by Roman poet Ovid’s account of the myth and Thomas Gainsborough’s study of the subject, Kate has placed the classical tragedy of hunter Actaeon’s encounter with the goddess Diana in the atmospheric landscape of Dartmoor.
Her series of detailed and intricate oil paintings describe the meeting between the hunter and goddess who, enraged that a mortal has seen her bathing naked, splashes water upon him, thus transforming him into a deer that is killed by his own dogs.
Having trained at Bath Academy of Art and Reading University, Kate had her first solo exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in the USA, where she lived for a number of years. Since returning to the UK, she has exhibited regularly and gained a significant reputation both as a painter and as a singer and songwriter in her partner Mike Westbrook’s Big Band.
*Diana and Actaeon, Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill, Lyme Regis, open daily from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Admission is free, and further details can be found at townmillarts.co.uk and theartroomtopsham.co.uk
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