Gate

“Gate after gate seemed to close with gentle finality behind me. Innumerable beadles were fitting innumerable keys into well-oiled locks; the treasure-house was being made secure for another night.” - Virginia Woolf.

Watercolor and gouache on birch panel with alder wood frame.

38" x 62" x 2"

Jean Cate is a Chicago based artist and owner of Martha Mae: Art Supplies & Beautiful Things. She studied painting, drawing and ceramics at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She creates evocative ink paintings and drawings while exploring atmosphere, isolation, emptiness and harmony within chaos.