KATHRYN THOMAS Private View Saturday 6th Feb 11-5pm Celebrating 10 years of exhibiting at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, this exclusive selection of paintings will include key pieces from Kathryn Thomas' Aurora, Fire, Space and Light series. Come and meet Kathryn Thomas between 12-2pm on Saturday the 6th. Exhibition Ends 24th February Please contact the gallery on phone or e-mail to see full collection as pdf. New glass in the gallery Complementing the exhibition are two glassmakers,  Derek Bransfield who makes amazingly thin, free blown glass which juxtaposes James Maclachlan's solid kiln formed glass. Exhibition Ends 24th February New work by established printmakers Trevor Price and Mychael Barratt Mychael Barratt's earliest artistic influences were Dutch artists such as Rembrandt and Vermeer and 19th century children's book illustration. Although his tastes and interests have diversified over the years Mychael still feels that both of those early passions were determining factors in the development of his work. The result is a desire to create atmospheric images with a strong sense of the narrative. It is immensely important to him that the spaces feel substantial and concrete even if the subject matter is purely flights of fancy. Trevor Price's work is strongly influenced by his connections with St Ives; his often humorous etchings explore the intimacy between couples alongside reflections on life. He has won several national printmaking awards and is an active member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

Congratulations Catherine Rayner!

Catherine Rayner is with her book Harris Finds His Feet, the winner of the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK's most prestigious award for children's book illustration. Inspired by a wild hare and her own large-ish feet, Edinburgh-based illustrator Catherine Rayner has won the 2009 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK's most prestigious award for children's book illustration.

Catherine Rayner, 27, wins the 2009 Medal for only her second published book, ‘Harris Finds His Feet' in which Harris, a small hare with big feet goes out into the world with his Grandad, from whom he learns not only how to hop high into the sky and run very fast, but also about the joys of growing up and of independence.

‘Harris Finds His Feet' was inspired by a real and magical encounter with a hare in the wild, and by the size 8 feet of its author: a childhood embarrassment Rayner strove to turn into a positive feature for Harris, and for her audience of young readers.

Of this year's winning book, Joy Court, Chair of the CILIP Kate Greenaway judging panel comments: "Harris is a triumph, from the way he moves and his expressions to his velvety fur and his oversized feet. His relationship with his Grandad is beautifully evoked as are the times of day and the textures of the exquisite landscapes around him, in a book which oozes charm and glows with colour." Catherine Rayner was born in 1982 in Harrogate and studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. She fell in love with the city and now lives there with her fiancé Colin, and a small menagerie of animals: Shannon the horse, Ena the grey cat, and a speckly guinea pig called Marvin.

In 2006, Rayner was named Best New Illustrator at the Booktrust Early Years Awards, and in the December of that year, ‘Augustus and His Smile' was selected as one of five picture books to be recommended on Channel 4's "Richard and Judy Christmas Party". In 2008 she was selected as one of the ten best new illustrators for Booktrust's "Big Picture Campaign", an initiative designed to put picture books firmly in the public eye.

The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, established in 1956 and named in honour of the distinguished illustrator is awarded for outstanding illustration in a children's book. Sister award to the CILIP Carnegie Medal, it is judged by an expert panel of children's librarians from the CILIP Youth Libraries Group (YLG), and follows the same unique process of nomination, and judging. Since a bequest left in 2000 by children's book and illustration collector, Colin Mears, the winner receives a cheque for £5,000 in addition to the coveted medal. Distinguished former winners of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007, include Shirley Hughes, Raymond Briggs and Quentin Blake.

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