Kay Ashton
WarringtonArtistic background
Kay Ashton is an award-winning artist celebrated for her realism, particularly in oil and acrylic painting. With a professional career spanning fifteen years, her work has been featured in numerous art publications, including Artists & Illustrators magazine. In 2024, she was a finalist in The International Artist Magazine for her still-life painting, "Rosemary’s Baby."While Kay’s realist artworks showcase technical precision and patience, her abstract and floral pieces reveal a more expressive and intuitive side to her practice. In these works, she embraces spontaneity and imagination, allowing the painting itself to guide her creative decisions. This process is one of freedom and joy, producing art that she hopes resonates with viewers on an emotional level.
Free from formal artistic constraints, Kay has followed a deeply personal and organic creative path. Her evolving body of work reflects a balance between structure and freedom, skill and instinct; each piece a testament to her passion for exploration and the pure joy of painting.
Quote
"The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before" - Neil Gaiman"In a world full of ducks, be a swan" - unknown
"In every work of art, the artist himself is present" - Christian Morgenstern
Interests
Constantly learning and evolving as an artistBeing in and around nature
Cooking
Reading
Word puzzles
Spending time with family and friends
Accepts Commissions?
Yes
