Kate Westbrook @ Town Mill Arts

Following in the traditions of classical fine art, and inspired by Gainsborough’s watercolour study, Kate Westbrook explores the myth of Diana and Actaeon.
Written by the Roman poet Ovid and found within the collected works entitled Metamorphoses, the myth describes the fatal encounter between the hunter Actaeon and the goddess Diana. Enraged that a mortal has seen her bathing naked, Diana splashes water upon Actaeon, who transforms into a deer and is subsequently killed by his own dogs.
Westbrook’s Diana and Actaeon are placed in the landscape of Dartmoor, an enthralling and inexhaustible subject she has been enjoying for a number of decades.