I made this work during a happy and productive week in a print workshop in Skudeneshavn, a guest of artists Anna-Kristine Ferking and Kay Gerrad, as part of the Stavanger city of culture North Sea project. An empty Sunday morning walk, nothing stirred but the odd gull. Scudenes inhabitants park their boats like we in Scotland park our cars. This sea edge becomes almost domestic, but somewhere beyond, the water surface implies its infinity.

“Therefore, it is where the town meets the land meets the sea that I find Kate Downie reveals much in her art. The townscapes have many strokes of the pen/pencil/brush, much like a Modigliani nude, they bristle with energy. Whilst the land and seascapes allow more undisturbed washes of translucent wintry colour, a calmer fluidity overcomes the superficial tensions of the town”
Martin Worts Director RCAC Stavanger