Hi, I’m Kate Mayer, a London-based contemporary abstract artist, former designer and lifelong feeler of the world around me. I create original paintings inspired by music, voice and sound, exploring how colour and movement can change the way a space feels.

As a neurodivergent and highly sensitive person, I experience sound deeply and often physically. Music creates an almost synaesthesia-like response: colour choices become instinctive, gestures feel guided by vibration and the painting begins to emerge as a visual translation of what I hear and feel.

In the studio, I immerse myself in a track, spoken word piece or soundscape, building layers of colour, texture and expressive movement. My circular paintings create a sense of wholeness and continuity, drawing the viewer into the work rather than directing them towards a fixed beginning or end.

At the heart of my practice is a desire to help people reconnect: with themselves, with possibility and with the energy they want to bring into their lives and surroundings.

Before becoming a full-time abstract artist, I spent more than 25 years working across the creative industries, designing for publishing, fashion, textiles, interiors and lifestyle brands. That experience shaped my understanding of colour and composition, but commercial design always began with somebody else’s brief.

Following a major period of change in my own life, I began rediscovering who I was and how I wanted to live. Art became part of that process. Stepping away from the corporate world allowed me to create more intuitively, beginning with a feeling rather than a fixed outcome.

Many of the collectors drawn to my work are also navigating growth: building businesses, raising families, starting again or creating homes that reflect who they are becoming.

I create original abstract art for people who want more than something beautiful to fill a wall. They want to live with work that carries meaning, brings a distinct emotional presence into their home and reminds them how they want to feel.