Pippa Mott: You work on a compact scale – painting in often extraordinary detail on wooden panel. The works are never flimsy or kitsch but have inherent potency and objecthood. What compelled you to work in this manner?
Kate Wallace: I’ve always been drawn to detail as a way to communicate my experience of place and that which surrounds us. Working on a small scale allows me to spend time with something, translating everyday observations through layers of paint. This concentrated approach to looking and making offers an intimate counterpoint to the speed and sensory overload of today.
You have spoken about the “fatty luxuriousness” of oil paints, their magical movability, and their temporal qualities. Can you elaborate on your attachment to
