Katie Clarke is a UK-based artist quickly becoming known for her bold, instinctive use of colour — paintings that prioritise feeling over precision and energy over accuracy.

Working primarily in acrylic, with occasional forays into mixed media, Katie's work is rooted in the natural world and threaded with the vivid, sometimes surreal imagery of her dreams. Florals, wildlife and landscape recur throughout her practice, always rendered with the same instinct: colour first, detail later, feeling above all.

Katie's connection to Cornwall — where she spent part of her childhood — runs through much of her work, surfacing again and again in paintings that carry memory as much as observation.

Katie has been painting since childhood, but came to taking it seriously — exhibiting, selling, building a practice — later in life. She has approached it ever since with total commitment and zero caution. Her work has been selected for a number of exhibitions across Cambridge and London. 

She is a member of Kingston Artists Open Studios (KAOS) and divides her time between Cambridge and Kingston upon Thames.

"I'm not trying to paint what something looks like. I'm trying to paint what it feels like to stand in front of it."