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Kay Boyce was born in Sheffield.
As a child she would often spend hours at a time drawing on rolls of
wallpaper; this was the beginning of her passion for drawing. Kay Boyce
studied illustration at college before working as a Freelance
Illustrator. She produced editorial work for Woman's Weekly, Bella, My
Weekly, Sunday Express and Woman's Own.
Boyce's illustration work has carried her through to major book
publishers such as Hodder & Staughton, Wadsworth Romantics, Mills
& Boon and Mandarin. Although Kay Boyce is proud of her achievement
in commercial illustration her true vocation is as an artist.
Boyce's career as an Artist has flourished; her pastel and pencil
drawings have become instantly recognisable. Kay Boyce is often to be
found working in her studio at her home in the Glyn Morlas valley, near
Oswestry, with the background voices of Radio 4.
It is her empathy for the female form in movement, combined with a love
of original Victorian clothes and antiques which she collects that
inspire her to produce the soft, yet sensual images that have become her
trademark. There is a fine line between eroticism and sensuality and Kay
Boyce achieves the right balance. Kay Boyce also draws inspiration, from
famous works such as those by Edgar Degas, Botticelli and Alma Tasimer:
their use of composition and how they portray the texture in their
materials intrigue her.
Kay Boyce rarely titles her images herself, although there is one
particular title that holds a place in her heart: 'Little Lizzy', this is
the pet name her Father gave her when she was a young girl.
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