Katherine Barney sitting on a bench on a small brick porch, surrounded by colourful potted flowers and garden plants.
A garden with various potted plants and flowers, including red, yellow, pink, purple, and white blooms, arranged on a brick patio next to a brick wall and a green lawn.

Passion for colour

My training was in textile design and I obtained a B.A. at the University of Loughborough and subsequently an M.A. at Manchester University.

I have a passion for colour and colour combinations and the natural world provides an infinite source of material.

Katherine Barney kneels on a lawn holding a white bowl, surrounded by chickens in a lush green garden with flowering plants and trees.

Inspiration from the natural world

Gardens and their plants, flowers and trees continuously vary their colours and textures with the changing daylight and seasons.

Most images are taken from the natural world of flowers, plants and gardens; in fact, all kinds of flora and fauna are my interest and inspiration.

A lush garden with a stone pathway, colorful flowers, green bushes, and a brick building wall on the right.

Vibrant and colourful

My work is a vibrant and colourful representation of those natural images and my hope is that it inspires the same warmth, cheerfulness and spontaneity in those who see it!

I basically love colour and nature is the finest source of that.