April Newsletter
Hi Artlovers,
It’s time for another monthly update with what’s fresh from the studio. This month I have a new “Recession Buster” series - a little like the first one back at the beginning of the pandemic. That one turned out not to be much of a recession (or at least a short-lived one), so fingers and toes are crossed this will be another nothing-burger - and simply an opportunity to pick up some affordable, smaller and/or experimental works.
These five smallish pieces (each 42 x 32 cm) are a mix of old and new, abstract and semi-realistic, experimental and resolved. They’re layered within themselves as well - see ‘All Rhodes’ as an example, where elements from other works (rhododendron flowers) are borrowed and reworked. It’s a kind of recycling process - inspiration, experimentation, discovery.
I hope you enjoy them - click through if you’d like to see them on the website.
At the bottom you’ll also find a video of the lady lyrebird who’s made herself at home. :)
~ AK x
‘Held in the Intertidal’ reflects a landscape shaped by constant change. It’s a quiet, in-between space where forms dissolve and reappear; a place between states - exposed and submerged, present and passing.
‘All Rhodes’ is an ode to the rhodes (rhododendrons) - it’s a multi-layered abstract representation.
‘Mini Monstera’ as the name suggests, is taking something grand and unruly and distilled into this mini cute version. It’s a sits within it’s own little ecosystem of fungi and mosses.
‘Finding Roots’ is an ode to my garden and the process of tending it. The garden is the largest artwork - and as always working in layers and with Nature.
‘Cosmic Contours’ harkens back to Microcosmic, some earlier abstracts, some very early childhood pompoms and layered contoured marbled base layers.
