About Kathy.

Kathy won her 'Wild Card' heat in Landscape Artist Of The Year 2023. You can see her in Episode 2!

'City of St Albans Swimming Bath' Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023

For me painting is simply a place of rest and reflection where you are free from the need to understand.”
Kathy Evershed

I love reading people's stories... so here's a bit of mine!

Born in 1973 I grew up in Japan as the child of adventurous missionaries, learnt to speak Japanese and attended boarding school from age 6–18. With a Dutch mother and English father I was what they call a 'Third Culture Kid'. The exposure to many different cultures from an early age made 'defining' myself a particular challenge!

Older, wiser and now calling St Albans, Hertfordshire home I no longer see the need to define who I am or what I do. If I can pinpoint the start of my painting journey I would say that it was on seeing the work of British artist John Miller and his Cornish landscape paintings.

With no formal Art training (not even a GCSE or A-Level!) I have painted since my early twenties never really imagining that I would one day make it my full-time career. An eternal optimist, I loved what I created even from the start and my next painting will always be my favourite! I read somewhere that 'When you learn to paint you find a constant companion'. I find that painting is endlessly entertaining. 

I love to teach others how to paint so in 2010 I started my first Art class. Now a family business, ArtShed enables hundreds of children in our local community to attend weekly Art Classes and holiday camps where they can learn to draw and paint.