Kathryn Stevens: Shift

They explore the twin painterly ideals of depth (using the grid) and surface. Stevens' paintings are constructions of pictorial space employing an implied three-dimensional structure on the two-dimensional plane. The paintings also explore the effect of colour on our reading of the structure present on the canvas. The result is work that generates a sense of depth, underpinned by mathematical precision.

In her current exhibition SHIFT she explores the relative dominance of the frameworks or grids, giving the space inside the painting a temporary quality. This emphasizes the act of looking as the focus shifts between the two grids. The interface between viewer and painting is more evident: we are looking from a real space into a possible one.