Kate Nicholson obituary

My aunt, Kate Nicholson, who has died aged 89, was a St Ives painter. She was a professional artist, creating still lifes and abstract works from her homes in Cumbria and Cornwall, and on her travels in Greece, North Africa and the Hebrides.Born in Brampton, Cumbria, to the painters Winifred (nee Roberts) and Ben Nicholson, Kate displayed a vivid visual sense from an early age. She attended Brampton secondary school until 1944, then Claremont, and finally Langford Grove, which during the second