My wife commissioned Kate to paint my portrait riding Winston, my parade mount, on the Old College parade square at Sandhurst, and we remain delighted with it 13 years later. It remains a central feature in our home and is often commented upon by our guests. Her focus on the relevant details and her patience observing Winston tolerating me completely paid off. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Kate, and spend my time trying to convince my wife that I have done something magnificent or worked somewhere equally iconic so I deserve another portrait painted by Kate. I live in hope.

Nigel Jordan-Barber, Mali