Katy Moran has generously produced Yellow Beach and Moonbeam, 2023, a limited edition artwork to celebrate 30 years of Tate St Ives in summer 2023. Moran has played an important part in Tate St Ives history. Her work, Lady Things, 2009, is held in the Tate collection and is included in the collection display Modern Art and St Ives.

Moran, whose recent practice includes working onto found framed paintings, has chosen to use one of her own existing paintings as a starting point for her limited edition for Tate. Her original painting including the frame was photographed and reproduced as a print which Moran worked on top of, applying fresh layers of paint in areas and leaving the image of the original exposed in others. Working closely with the character of original painting, Moran’s experimentation has created new collisions of forms, colours and textures which are suggestive of a Cornwall beachscape. This new work has been scanned and produced as a print with the addition of a collaged element. The decision to have the frame as part of the image is in keeping with Moran’s approach to painting. To Moran, the frame presents an opportunity to expand outwards with her energetic mark making and explore the impact that the form of the frame brings to the work.