Cath Hodsman, Conservation Artist - "Insects and Botanical Art, a Passion - Talk and Demonstration", September 2019

Cath Hodsman

Cath Hodsman, AMRSB, is a Cotswolds-based artist and illustrator and one of the country’s foremost natural-history artists. Her passion and specialism is painting and sketching insects, which she has been doing for the last 10 years. In order to pay homage to their hidden beauty, she aims for 100% anatomical accuracy in every artistic study she produces. Through her scientific approach to her work, she has been made an Associate Member of the prestigious Royal Society of Biology. She is also well-known for her ever-popular and unique insect painting and sketching courses. She has taught with the:
Royal West of England Academy
Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Field Studies Council
as well as many other relevant, esteemed artistic and natural history clients including The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
www.cathhodsmanwildlifeartist.com

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For her talk and demonstration to the Lechlade Art Society, Cath arrived with a very impressive range of equipment, including microscopes so members could view her insect slides. She showed some completed work, featuring birds and insects, and talked about the composition and pictorial arrangement which she uses in her pictures. Cath  showed work that was underway and described proposed future development.

This was a very competent and professional demonstration that encompassed pictorial arrangement using a range of drawing materials in a specialist area of art and design.

Brian Britton, Secretary