Art
Kendrea’s original artwork and artist statements/stories, along with images and videos.
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Firefighter’s delight?
Is the word ‘delight’ inappropriate artistic whimsy? This post discusses the artwork Firefighter’s Delight, its naming, the Cudlee Creek bushfire, memory, and stories.
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Waves of History: sense of place
Historical records for the Lobethal Woollen Mill site begin around 1850, however, the area was a gathering place for the Peramangk peoples way before “history” began. “Waves of History” is a nod to a sense of place and community gathering that is counted in thousands and thousands of years, not hundreds. This post discusses another…
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Painting Place, Prodding Past
The two year anniversary of the Cudlee Creek bushfire looms. How many ways can you paint place? Can you be connected because you have painted it, thought about it, lived near it?
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SALA 2021 Exhibition
SALA 2021 was a bit different for me, with happenstance making an appearance and rearranging the mindful space reserved for planning. The only constants were the paintings, their purpose and theory of place. >Click images below for links to artist statements Venue? My 2021 SALA venues fell through due to COVID restrictions and lockdowns, so…
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Word Power—Mind The Gap
At first we see peril, then we see the bridge. ‘Mind The Gap’ by kenrea Rhodes. First published in the Empire Times, Vol 47, Issue 1.
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2020 Art Journal
Video and excerpts from my 2020 art journal, including artistic renditions of worldwide media coronavirus representations.
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Remnant Regrowth
South Australia may be COVID-19 free, for now, but we are not pain free. Memories of bushfires still haunt many and efforts of recovery still weigh heavily.
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Home: place and space
In December 2019 our home was the most dangerous place to be, by March 2020 it was the safest.
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Mill Studies: SALA
Place Matters: studying ‘place’ throughout time aids belonging and furthers the understanding of the assumptions that drench us. It feeds a love of culture, architectural design, artistic expression and mostly, the people of that time.
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Canvas Repairs
The Skateboard and Canvas Incident: this painting was destined for an exhibition in 2018. And it nearly made it, if not for the undeniable rip right through the centre.
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The Mill at Night
This painting is a view of Building 21, Lobethal Woollen Mill. The aesthetics of the Mill’s nineteenth century buildings change with the time of day, the weather and my own mood.
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The Mill at Noon
It’s the midday light in this panoramic fisheye view of Building 21 that emphasizes the architectural beauty and vivid colours of the Lobethal Woollen Mill buildings.
