Catherine brings both an artist’s eye and a knowledge of art historical ideas to her wide range of lectures, having studied both Fine art (Leeds and Canterbury Colleges of Art) and Art History (St. Andrew University).
Lectures include those focusing on individual artists such as Laura Knight, Henry Scott Tuke, Walter Langley and Charles N. Hemy to name a few. Catherine also gives lectures on themes in art such as abstraction and naïve art as well as different media including printmaking, sculpture and crafts. Catherine has travelled widely as a public speaker and has also written lectures on some of the art she has seen on her travels.
Lectures are 1 hour in duration and are available both live on Zoom or recorded online video. When live on Zoom there is time for Questions and Answers at the end of the lecture.
New series of online lectures
September 2025 – March 2026
£14 each or £70 for all 6
Tel: 01326 319461
1. A Romantic Idyll:
J.M.W.Turner’s views of Devon and Cornwall
Discover Turner’s pioneering vision of the South West through his art from Land’s End to Tintagel, Plymouth to Ilfracombe.
Tuesday 30 September 10.30am on Zoom/Recorded YouTube
Cost £14
2. From Black Beauty to War horses
The Equestrian painter Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869 -1958)
A review of this influential female artist and teacher of animal paintings with a specialism in depicting horses.
Tuesday 4 November 10.30am on Zoom/Recorded YouTube
Cost £14
3. Prints, Personalities and Pots
The Art of Sir William Nicolson (1872 – 1949)
Take a look at this renowned artist’s prints of famous people from the 19th century and his powerful paintings of still lives.
Tuesday 2 December 10.30am on Zoom/Recorded YouTube
Cost £14
4. Flowers, Frames and Freedom
Gluck (1895 –1978)
The story of Hannah Gluckenstein’s life through her art
This lecture follows the story of a unique voice in art both through the subject matter of her paintings and her frames as well as her personal identity.
Tuesday 3 February 10.30am 2026
Cost £14
5. The drawings of W. Barns Graham CBE (1912 – 2004)
Form, Line and Landscape from St. Ives to Lanzarote
This lecture traces the importance of drawing throughout the career of this important British painter who was born in Scotland but lived much of her adult life in St. Ives, Cornwall.
Tuesday 3 March 10.30am
Cost £14
6. A Figure Painter in a Modernist World:
Francis Hewlett RWA (1930 – 2012)
A retrospective of the paintings and ceramics of this well known teacher and painter based in Falmouth.
Tuesday 31 March 2026 10.30am
Cost £14
Image credits: Lecture 1. Falmouth Harbour c. 1825 by J M W Turner Lecture 2. Study for the ‘Gypsies’ by Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch Lecture 3. The Chinese Vase by Sir William Nicholson Lecture 4. Lords and Ladies, 1935 by Gluck. Lecture 5. Rocks, Formentera by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Lecture 6. The Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth by Francis Hewlett.
More Art History Lectures are available at the Art History Lectures Archive page
and the Art History Lectures Archive 2024/25