Bachelors Degree
Acrylic Paint
36.0 x 48.0 cm
2023
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About this artwork
This artwork comes with an external frame taking the size of the piece to 51.3cm (W) x 39.5cm (H) x 4cm(D) In creating this piece, I aimed to capture the vibrant essence of confidence and poise. With expressive acrylics and impactful sprays, I fused expressionism's intensity with pop art vibrancy, while dancing on the edges of semi-abstraction. This artwork, a symphony of bold colours and an evocative figure, invites a dynamic energy into any space, encouraging viewers to embrace their own strength and elegance. “Just as cool as you please” refers to a line in the poem “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou. The poem illustrates just how stunning and alluring confidence is. Angelou writes that she is not “cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size,” but she keeps her head high and her stride strong because she knows she is a phenomenal woman. This is my hope and desire for every single woman I know - including the model that inspires this painting.
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Jan 22, 2024
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About the artist
The world of women swimming underwater features strongly in my work. I’m a contemporary painter and underwater photographer from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. My paintings explore the female figure and face through poetic symbolism, paint itself, light, colour and personal journal, and have a distinctive, bright palette with saturated tones and contrasting light. I use Notan principles, a term derived from the Japanese language, literally means “light-dark balance”. I find it to be an excellent tool for simplifying composition of complex scenes and to see value instead of colour. This encourages my exploration of colour, employing Paul Gauguin’s synthetics style, where I aim to synthesise three features into my work: the outward appearance of natural forms; my feelings about my subject; and the purity of the aesthetic considerations of line, colour and form.
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Born in 1972 in Wudinna, South Australia, Australia. Currently residing in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
“Internal Insight”, Ground Floor, 9 Cavenagh Street, Darwin - Solo Exhibition Once Upon a Time in a Faraway Land “Feelings Don’t Have Edges”, The Metropolitan Hotel, Grote Street, Adelaide - Solo Exhibition When the Heart is Happy it forgets to grow old, DVAA Exhibition Darwin, Solo Exhibition “Internal Insight”, Ground Floor, 9 Cavenagh Street, Darwin - Solo Exhibition Once Upon a Time in a Faraway Land “Feelings Don’t Have Edges”, The Metropolitan Hotel, Grote Street, Adelaide - Solo Exhibition When the Heart is Happy it forgets to grow old, DVAA Exhibition Darwin, Solo Exhibition The world of women swimming underwater features strongly in the work of Kerry Inkster. Her paintings explore the female figure and face through poetic symbolism, paint, light, and colour. Finalist: for “The Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition”, Drill Hall, Torrens Parade, Adelaide Shortlist: Bluethumb 10 Local Darwin Artists You Should Know 2021 Shortlist - Judges Picks: Chris Carroll - Bluethumb Art Award 2023 Finalist for “Portrait Prize Exhibition”, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, RSASA Gallery Institute Building, North Terrace, Adelaide Finalist - The Percival Photographic Portraiture Prize, Townsville, Qld, Australia Finalist - Bluethumb Art Prize, 2021 Shortlist: Highlights from the Bluethumb Art Prize 2021…So Far! Winner: Medal - The University of South Australia, for outstanding academic achievement in the Division of Education, Arts, and Social Sciences 2013
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