K Kossuth
For K Kossuth there are only two colours – black and white (and sometimes red, on a good day). Having always loved book illustrations, as well as woodcuts and the bold black and white art of the fin-de-siecle and Jugendstil, it was maybe only a matter of time before K turned his own hand to relief printing with lino.
He cut his teeth (and his first plates) on his ‘Zodiac’ series, depicting the traditional astrological signs exclusively as animals, with some surprising interpretations (check out his ‘Sagittarius’). The prints in this limited series are a mixture of stylised background and a more realistic rendition of the animals, with stark contrasts. Currently K is working on a ‘Swan’ series based on stories and myths involving these iconic and richly symbolic birds. He is also preparing a few plates illustrating Elizabethan love sonnets, the earliest in the English language.
A poet and teacher with catholic interest in art, architecture and music as well as nature, K draws his inspiration from a wide range of sources from the more obvious like Harry Clarke, Albrecht Durer or Aubrey Beardsley to the more obscure (which you might spot in his ‘Swan’ series) such as Hugo Simberg of Ithel Colquhoun.
kkossuth@hotmail.com
K Kossuth, ‘Sibelius’s Fifth’, £95. Hand-printed lino cut, limited series of 20, 14.8x21cm, framed & mounted.
When Sibelius was struggling with how to finish his Fifth Symphony he saw sixteen Whooper Swans flying overhead which inspired him with the famous melody that concludes this work. The print shows some of the swans breaking through the pine forest surroundings flying overhead like ghosts, silhouetted against the swirling stars of the night sky, like a long exposure.
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Lisa Kossuth
Lisa Kossuth is a contemporary landscape and wildlife artist based in East Sussex, where the coast, wetlands and ever-changing light of the surrounding landscape provide continual inspiration for her work. Her practice explores our relationship with the natural world, ranging from close observations of wildlife to broader interpretations of landscapes and habitats.
Working primarily with acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, she is currently focused on semi-representational landscape painting. Through the use of layered marks, texture and ocasional fragments of text, she seeks to capture not only the visual qualities of a place but also its atmosphere, memory and emotional resonance. Her work balancces observation with intuition, creating paintings that evoke a sense of connection to the natural environment. Coastal and shoreline landscapes are a recurring theme within her practice. She is particularly drawn to these transitional spaces where land, sea and sky converge, and where contrasts emerge between movement and stillness, solidity and openness, permanence and change. These environments provide a rich source of inspiration for exploring both the physical and emotional character of place.
Lisa’s creative process is intuitive and exploratory. Rather than working towards a predetermined outcome, she allows each painting to develop organically, responding to the evolving relationships between colour, texture and form. This approach enables her work to move beyond direct representation, offering a more personal interpretation of landscape and experience.
Early memories of living in the Mediterranean, together with extensive travel, continue to influence her work and contribute to a strong sense of place. She is interested in the ways landscapes can hold memory, atmosphere and feeling, and aims to create paintings that encourage viewers to pause, reflect and form their own connections with the natural world.
Lisa Kossuth has previously exhibited with South East Open Studios and at the Avocet Gallery, Rye Harbour, East Sussex.
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Lisa Kossuth, ‘The Chalk Path’, £230 mixed media on paper, (framed), 52x32cm.
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Karen Kyriakoudis
Karen Kyriakoudis is a New Zealand artist currently residing in Robertsbridge. Combining portraiture and figurative expressionism, her practice utilises acrylic paint alongside mixed media materials, including collage, charcoal and pencil.
Drawing deeply from her former background as a Narrative Therapist, Karen explores how we imagine the lives of strangers while navigating her own inquiries into neurodivergence. Her portraits serve as a visual investigation into the exhausting daily performance of conformity often associated with late-diagnosed or unrecognized neurodivergence, particularly in women.
Karen’s physical process is a direct metaphor for this psychological concealment and exposure. She typically initiates a piece with highly saturated underpaintings or fragmented, reassembled self-portrait collages that become obliterated with layers of paint. Alternatively, some substrates are entirely muted, reflecting a different kind of mask; these quieter backdrops employ symbolic geometry and abstract forms to represent the internal colour and wonderful wonderings of a neurodivergent mind.
By centering her work primarily on female subjects, Karen honours the hidden struggles and resilience of women who have navigated paths of unrecognized neurodivergence, transforming the substrate into a space of visibility, recognition and solidarity.
karenkyriakoudis@yahoo.com Instagram: Karen Kyriakoudis – @kyriakoudis
Karen Kyriakoudis, ‘Turning my Back on the Crowd’, Price TBC once framed. Acrylic on canvas board, 29.5x42cm
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Trish Kyriakoudis
After working for nearly 30 years in the world of interiors as a designer I have been surrounded by beautiful objects of art and as a buyer been drawn to earthy colours and textures. This year I have been lucky enough to find the time to truly be hands on and rediscover my love of making my own pieces and letting inspiration of wood, material and stone guide me.
Recycling and using materials all around us had been especially important in my art and this has led me to making my own clay paper pieces using egg cartons and recycled paper.
Colour has equally been important and my love of earthy colours has led me to create my own palette available on my doorstep: crushed brick dust to create a beautiful terracotta hue, crushed grey roof tile to add greys, sandstone powder for the delicate yellows to yellow sand for mustard shades and crushed dried nettle leaves to create a beautiful sage green tint to my natural colour spectrum.
Email: trish.kyriakoudis@gmail.com
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