View a Venice vision

Having visited many times before, as both holiday-maker and artist, she finds it a place as visually inspiring as it is often overwhelming. "I have always found working in Venice a challenge, partly because so many others have done so before, and partly because it is so visually rich it is almost impossible to capture," she said.

"Why not just paint a big sign saying Come and see for yourself'? You would doubtless find a very different city from the one I think I've been living in!"

This very personal response to her Italian experience, resulting in series of small, intricate, mixed-media pieces, combines thin oil glazes and scraps of collage, the printed ephemera unavoidably collected as a by-product of inhabiting a living museum'.

Using extracts from Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, for the quintessential Englishness of the text, and fragments of Italian and British maps, the pieces have evolved as a visual diary of sorts.

Featured too are aspects of the city that have become what she describes as "old friends": favourite paintings, buildings, bridges, canals, and various objects bought during her stay fall. Most of the work is roughly postcard-sized.

"I will be showing twenty of these pieces at Galanthus, alongside four large drawings of the city's iconic lions, those watchful beasts that guard many of its streets and rooftops. I hope to continue with this body of work and return to Italy in the not too distant future."

Appearing alongside Kate are ceramicist Daniel Smith and fine artist Karen Purple.

Daniel is committed to the functional forms of mugs, plates, bowls, cups, bowls and vases, preferring fine, clean pieces with minimal decoration.

Karen takes inspiration from early botanical drawings and prints, although her own paintings attempt to provoke thought beyond representation.

The exhibition runs to March 27.