Kate’s ancestry is brimming with multicultural creatives originating from Sweden, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Australia. Her ancestor, Henry Mundy was a renowned portrait artist who painted the landed gentry during the First Settlement in Tasmania in the 1830’s. Mundy’s works are of national historical significance and belong in major cultural institution collections throughout the country such as the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Australia and on display in the State Library of Victoria.

During this unprecedented halt in live music and touring globally, Kate has been painting memories of places she’s visited and the changing seasons. “From my studio window I contemplate these places and things daily. Like a bird in a cage, I am singing through my brush onto a canvas in lieu of a microphone and an audience.”

Her works are inspired by nature and textiles using acrylics on canvas or ink and pen on paper. Sensual like fabric, Kate has envisaged her works in a boudoir, as part of a rich tapestry “something I’d like to wear or feel between my fingers.”

“These are my ‘unsung songs’, they feel lyrical and alive. Often, I’ll go for days in the ‘performance’ of painting, barely eating, speaking, and just doing it. It helps a lot to feel this way as thinking about it seems to disturb my peace and feels less authentic for some reason.”