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Kate Breakey
Horny Toad

2021

$1,250
£927.55
€1,080.47
CA$1,740.01
A$1,937.66
CHF 1,008.44
MX$23,891.08
NOK 12,843.30
SEK 12,071.46
DKK 8,061.62
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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 distills them into a visual language of images where they can be contemplated. Making images of these things is a natural extension of being fascinated, touched, 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, for meaning and significance, and a primal longing to grasp things that are unknowable. I begin with a silver photographic image, evidence. Then I paint 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 deepest pleasure, my lovely addiction. Each of these pieces of artwork is silver gelatin photographs that have been selenium toned, archival dry mounted on 4-ply museum rag board then hand-colored with many layers of oil paint and colored pencils. This means that no two are exactly alike, and because of the nature of the process, each one is unique.
  • Creator:
    Kate Breakey (1957, Australian)
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 19 in (48.26 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    Framed w/unique vintage frame & Optium Museum PlexiPrice: $1,550
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    Sante Fe, NM
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU134210623282

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