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Kate Breakey
Black Swans, Kellidie Bay, South Australia

2022

$2,200
£1,682.02
€1,937.34
CA$3,082.87
A$3,441.74
CHF 1,803.42
MX$42,130.27
NOK 22,903.45
SEK 21,595.04
DKK 14,458.60
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Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and emotional comprehension which are sometimes incompatible, and distill them into a visual language of images where they can be contemplated. Making images of these things is a natural extension of being fascinated, touch, or intrigued by them. This process of seeing, and recording transforms me. It is how I express wonder and love, a form of dedication. It is also a record of my life and my desire to connect myself to all other things, the acknowledgment of a search for an explanation, meaning, and significance, and a primal longing to grasp unknowable things. I begin with a silver photographic image, evidence. Then I paint on this in many transparent layers of oil paint and pencil. If I am lucky the media combine, and become enmeshed, a curious union of what was real with my own painterly exaggerations and embellishments, so I can show how beautiful it all is — the light, the form, the texture and color, because I am a sensualist and this is my most profound pleasure, my lovely addiction.
  • Creator:
    Kate Breakey (1957, Australian)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    FramedPrice: $2,750
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  • Gallery Location:
    Sante Fe, NM
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU134210589662

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