I thought, ‘how hard can it be?’
Category Archives: Art
Kendrea’s original artwork and artist statements/stories, along with images and videos.
HEAL Chicago
Continue reading “HEAL Chicago”“An enemy is a person whose story we have not heard” … (author unknown but heeded)
WET
WET. Our survival relies on it. From the fish in this painting, fauna and flora to humanity and our beloved land. Drying is a gradual process, like the boil of a kettle. We instinctively know that watching paint dry or a kettle boil should take a long time. But watching our country dry is taking no time at all.
Continue reading “WET”You Can’t Choose Your Family
These are the very words that set me on the well-travelled family history trail. Ducking and diving through swathes of digitised records, crawling in and out of rabbit holes lined with red herrings and eventually uncovering a number of families that you probably wouldn’t choose for yourself.
Continue reading “You Can’t Choose Your Family”The Escapee
Life is short, go and meet people, be friendly, they will feed you …
Unconditional Love
Her eyes filled up, even before she saw the artists’ statement that said, the painting was for her.
Encounterpane – SALA 2016
A counterpane on canvas incorporating print work with loom items from the Onkaparinga Woollen Mill.
TO FIND: 9 yarn cone circles and 15 Northrop Loom Dropper Drives
Day Nine – Outback Memories
Memories – Acknowledge them, talk about them, write them down, draw them, paint them, record them – value them.
Validation is good for you
Every now and then someone comes along, someone neutral, and they find something, a quality within your work. This isn’t your family or best friend, this is someone who’s first connection to you is through your art.
Continue reading “Validation is good for you”Happy Accidents – painting becomes drawing
Not all accidents are bad, this one was almost comical as I carefully selected my water colour paints that would create the 70s stripes. My mentor, Anne, saved me with only seconds to spare — you see, I’d drawn the picture underneath the stripes in a watercolour pencil.
Continue reading “Happy Accidents – painting becomes drawing”Day Eight – Wandering Weave
Day Seven – Break the Drought
He said of Tropical Cyclone Stan, ‘it was bitter sweet, even though destruction was imminent, rain was too.’