"A painter might see colour first but I have always been drawn to the place where light meets shadow, a graphic world, of line and monochromatic contrasts. Etching is the perfect medium. The embossed line and velvet blackness typical of the effects that can be got are what I hope for. I still have a lot to learn. It's tricky to master, to judge the stages correctly, but sometimes it works. Recently I became re-aquainted with Chinese brush paintings, the ones done in black with a single element done in another colour, red maybe. It occured to me that something similar could be done with an etching. This exhibition grew out of exploring that idea." Cat Outram.

"A love of the highlands and Islands, imaginary landscapes on the sides of old and abandoned boats, reflections that distort and abstract. Either or a combination of these form the basis of my work. I am a self taught artist working out of an artist studio in Selkirk, generally working in square or panoramic format. Asked to sum up the drive and motivation behind my work is a poem I wrote a while ago.