Kay Julie Hutchings is an artist and designer from England currently based in Sweden. ​

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After gaining a first-class honours degree in English Literature and Art History, Kay went on to study BA (Hons) Fine Art at the Open College of Arts (UK), focusing her practice on painting and collage.

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Kay's current work uses colour and expressive forms and mark making to create deeply personal pieces that are inspired by nature and landscapes, memories, and movement.

 

Her work explores the themes of life paths and journeys and how our environment plays a role in our wellbeing and hopes for the future. Her paintings represent the belief that no matter how many twists and turns we take in life, we will find a way to solve not only our personal issues, but greater problems too. We need persistence but also optimism.

 

When Kay began to experiment with creating patterns from her abstract paintings and collages, she discovered another creative passion: surface pattern design.

 

Kay’s patterns are based on her fine art work and are also inspired by her love of Scandinavian design and motifs. Under her label Kay Julie Designs, she creates eye-catching digital and hand-painted surface patterns that combine her love of colour and bold designs.​

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You can keep up to date with Kay's work and various projects by signing up to her mailing list here.