I'm Kate Gradwell, a landscape and portrait artist working, from my home studio in Sydney.

 

My practice is rooted in a lifelong connection to the natural world and a sustained interest in the way light moves through the landscape. Working primarily in acrylics, I explore the quiet, transformative moments that occur in familiar environments, those instances where light and atmosphere briefly shift, inviting stillness, reflection, or renewal.

 

Through layered mark-making and subtle modulations of tone and colour, I aim to capture not just what I see, but what I feel, inviting viewers into a space of contemplation. My work honours the experience of being present in nature and the way light can reframe even the most familiar places.