Kate Eggleston-Wirtz

Fine Artist. Illustrator. Writer.
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'I enjoy telling visual stories and not always in the traditional sense. My work is quirky and playful, between reality and the imagination. I seek clients and colleagues who appreciate eccentricities and can think outside the box.'






Art and Music

Bronze Award 7th Annual 3-dimensional Art Directors and Illustrators Awards Show, 1995
New York and Singapore



Cleveleys Beach Hut

One of three beach huts commissioned by Wyre Borough Council in 2002,
this project also involved another artist’s installation and one digital installation
within the Fleetwood Museum. Butterfly Case Study connected these two locations.


Butterfly Case Study


Dover Court Beach Hut
As part of a five-day public arts project involving 10 beach huts and local school children,
this temporary artwork remained throughout the 2005 summer season and was entitled:
A Walk on the Beach. Rumour has it that the shoes walked away one by one.


Dolan Court Installation
These two pieces are a part of a permanent three-dimensional installation in the laundry
room of a residential community, Dolan Court, as part of the City Memories Project
commissioned by National Museums Liverpool. Stuart Bale photographs from the
National Museums Liverpool collection were used along with memories of the residents for inspiration.


GM Sheep Detail


GM Sheep Fred
Genetically Modified Sheep was originally created for a solo exhibition in 2004 at the
Dukes Theatre in Lancaster. It was exhibited in Cumbria for Fred, Salmesbury Hall
and also the Mall Galleries in London before finding a proper home at VetPlus, Lytham UK.


Life's Open Book
Various symbolic objects were used to tell this family’s story. The couple had lived in many
different places in the UK marked by closed books. One of the family names was Buck
– hence the wooden buck in the bottom left hand corner.


Love's Long Journey
A personal piece created about the journey of love.


My Magician Detail

A donated piece to the Paintings in Hospitals Collection whereby
artwork is loaned out to various hospitals throughout the United Kingdom.



Salford Suitcase

This suitcase was part of a large installation commissioned by Salford
Museum for the What Would You Do If Project in 2006. It was created in response to interviews with Salford residents
about their experiences of evacuation and displacement during WWII.


Wake of the Water Baby

Wake of the Water Baby was exhibited for the Society for Art of Imagination’s
Water Exhibition, London in 2004 winning third prize. The body of the baby
was found at a roundabout in Blackpool. The boat was discovered at the Preston
Market along with the baby’s head. When all put together, the out of proportion
head creates a disturbing object. The world is not always what it seems.