by Kate Miller | Jul 23, 2026 | inspiration, prints
A new way of working Sometimes, something happens which unexpectedly changes your outlook going forward. Now that my 3 month residency at Gosforth Nature Reserve is over and the exhibition packed away, I can start to reflect on what I’ve learned from the...
by Kate Miller | May 18, 2026 | inspiration, prints
Sketchbook inspiration I’ve now been spending time getting to know Gosforth Nature Reserve as their Artist in Residence for around 6 weeks. My time on site is spent walking and observing, listening to birdsong, taking photographs and sketching. Most of the...
by Kate Miller | May 2, 2025 | inspiration, prints
North Sea, August It’s a huge privilege to live near the coast. Once you’ve experienced it, it’s very difficult to move away. Whether you like to swim, surf or just walk along the beach, it’s an addictive presence. One of my favourite things to...
by Kate Miller | Jun 11, 2024 | prints
A seed of an idea Last year, we were all shocked and appalled at the felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap. The incident led me to think a lot about the power of nature to renew – already, a seedling grown from the tree has been replanted. The roots continue to feed...
by Kate Miller | Oct 2, 2023 | prints
A very personal commission It’s not very often that an opportunity comes along to create something unique and personal in printmaking. Relief prints, by their nature, can be printed repeatedly from a single block, and are therefore usually made in editions of (nearly)...
by Kate Miller | Sep 28, 2023 | prints
Howay the Lads Howay the Lads is a print unlike any other I’ve made. It’s important to me that, far from being an accurate representation of a place or an event, it represents a feeling, a noise, a surging of excitement, a passion. It depicts that moment before the...