In a new series of work, South African painter, Kate Gottgens blends line, colour and figurative elements to construct vibrant, imagined scenes that transcend the boundaries of reality. Her figures, whether at rest or at play, dissolve into and extend beyond the limits of the natural world they inhabit. With psychological complexity and a fluid interplay between freedom and entrapment, these saturated paintings capture the transitional and the ephemeral, like a fleeting moment suspended in time or a half-forgotten memory.