Katherine Boucher Beug, originally from Princeton, New Jersey has been working from her studio in West Cork since 1971.

KBB completed a BA in English and Fine Art from Northwestern University in 1969 before going on to study two more years in Hamburg, Germany.

The foundations of her work were established early; a thorough study of Joseph Alber’s ‘Interaction of Colour,’ a passionate dedication to drawing and consistent experimentation in private journals through writing, drawing, and collage. She often shows her journals as part of her solo shows, valuing the ‘raw,’ (the work behind the work) at least as much as the ‘cooked.’

A love of Artist Books led to her publishing ‘Flowers: the Book’ in 2021. In the introduction to this book, Gemma Tipton says, “Looking at the flower paintings and drawings is very much like a conversation with the the artist herself. You find unexpected ideas, sudden powerful thoughts, a confluence of delicacy and strength. You come away seeing the world in a way that is exciting and new. A window has been opened, and you wonder why you never saw that view before.”

Surrounded by the West Cork landscape, near the sea, and working in the garden has had a constant though not always literal influence on her perception, her aesthetic and all aspects of the work.