Artist - Kate Cree and the FFAF
My story
I was born in Nottingham and now live in Leicestershire. I’m self-taught in everything that I have done except for a brief interlude at a Nottingham university. I’ve worked in photography, illustration, fashion design, and fine art, heading up teams and travelling far and wide including charity work.
In 2011 I created the Forever Faye Art Foundation (FFAF) in memory of our daughter Faye, where I teach art from beginners to advanced students in all media and styles.
I’m a professional artist and I work in oils, designing and producing art work with meaning and passion, in a variety of styles, inspired by the colour, shape and form of wildlife and life around me. Many of my designs create a scene through geometric abstraction, involving shapes in strong colours, and producing a painting that elicits thought about its meaning, and a hidden story.
My other works are a series of bird life paintings with a abstract background with my main subject being partially transparent and wildlife in mixed media. I never stop exploring with paint and texture and love every moment!
I am a great optimist and embrace life with vitality, passion and energy – even during the darkest moments in life. There’s always a way! I have been blessed with a ‘natural eye’, and have loved every second of my life in the creative world.
As time goes by, an artist has to evolve and explore and not stay in the same mould………..so I’m off to do exactly that. Watch this space!
( Faye Cree – left )
