Mary Fowler: Beach Party

Mary Fowler has cemented her place as one of Australia’s most exciting football talents and a rising global icon of the game. Making her international debut at just 15, Fowler has gone on to perform on the world’s biggest stages, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Olympics. Her blend of technical brilliance, creativity, power and versatility has seen her shine for both the Matildas and Manchester City. In 2023, she became the second most Googled Australian and was named by The Daily Telegraph as ‘the most influential women in Australian sport’. With her Papua New Guinean and Irish heritage shaping both her game and her outlook on life, Fowler embodies a new generation of athletes redefining the sport – authentic, gifted and inspiring on and off the pitch.

Cate is an illustrator and printmaker from Sydney. Originally from Scotland, she now lives in the Northern Beaches of the city with her two miniature dachshunds, and works mainly from her studio at home amongst gum trees full of wildlife, close to the ocean. Cate is happy drawing in any setting, as long as there aren’t any snakes, and is very proud of a pen drawing of a crocodile she drew when she was 2 years old.
Cate studied printmaking BA (hons) and illustration MDes at Edinburgh College of Art, where she went on to work as studio assistant and Illustrator in Residence.
Most of her work as a freelance illustrator is in children’s publishing. She has worked on about 40 illustrated books and publications to date, in Australia, the UK and the US.
Cate is also a lecturer at UNSW and a printmaking technician, and visits schools and libraries to run workshops and talks to encourage young artists. She mentors emerging illustrators, and designs for Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity and the Scottish Book Trust.