Katherine Scrivens

The pursuit of beauty is imperative to our well-being. Beauty comes to us through many channels. Art, music, culture, science, knowledge, intelligence, literary works, poetry, creative endeavours, loving relationships and the appreciation of nature and animals. Now is the time more than any other time in history to seek out beauty wherever she may be.

Our world has a lot of ugliness, so much so that we are self-destructing.

As an artist I have always felt a responsibilty and a desire to paint beautiful paintings. This is because I wish to work with inspiring ideas and share them, this gives my work and my life meaning.

There is a common belief that for art to be ‘intelligent’ and ‘deep’ it has to be ugly and destructive thus making it provocative. I reject this idea. Ugly art does not inspire and it most certainly is not intelligent or deep.. Why would you want to focus on something that gives you absolutely nothing positive?

In truth nowadays beauty has become provocative and ugly the accepted norm. Katherine Scrivens

Katherine Scrivens was born in Bristol, England in 1964 to a British born Father and an Indian born Mother. Her parents divorced when she was very young.

Leaving school at 17 with no desire to stay in the British education system Katherine travelled to France. A visit to the Musée Du Louvre changed her life. This visit gave a certainty and a direction and was far more inspiring than any institutional education could have been for her, she now knew what she wanted to devote her life to.

The journey into the fascinating world of art started when she was a child. Never one to play with dolls and other toys, the young Katherine would paint and draw her world.