Stockroom Kyneton, gallery two
09 November / 08 December 2019
KIM BARTER
Layered
Kim Barter draws inspiration from the landscape, observing and immersing herself in its power, beauty and fragility. Working from sketchbooks filled with drawings, paint splotches, rubbingsand notes, Barter’s gestural style evokes sensations of wonder, layered with colour, texture and line.
Barter’s mark-making stems from a process of intuition, her time in the studio a period of intense reflection and consideration. She begins working in a way that attempts to remove all the words and visual ‘reality’ of the landscape, searching for an unselfconscious response to share her feelings and thoughts. Her work serves as a reminder to herself and others of the beauty of Australia’s terrain.
