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.

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Found

Magali Gentric · September 10, 2016

Stockroom Kyneton, gallery two
10 September / 02 October 2016

KIM BARTER
Found

I believe that in our soul everything works together and we don’t

necessarily need to be conscious of the details. It’s about just being able to be in the moment. To accept that moment, to value it and trust it.

It is a most exciting experience to get out of my own way.

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A Drawing in of Landscape

Magali Gentric · February 14, 2015

Stockroom Kyneton, gallery two
14 February / 29 March 2015

KIM BARTER
A Drawing in of Landscape

“I do my best work when I have the mental and emotional space to actually ‘be’ there. To be really present. Working in the bush, in deserts, by the sea and in the mountains, I can concentrate on what is central in the moment.

The environment is something I slowly begin to see in its completeness and majesty as well as in details, shapes, silhouettes, it’s patterns and rhythms. The contrasts and changes of mood between morning and evening light. Smells carried by winds, tracks and markings show endless significant journeys, vapour trails in skies. I fill sketchbooks with my observations.

It is a consciousness that busy lives are often forced to or choose to ignore and that makes my experience very precious to me because I am able to be where I want to be. So my work is an attempt to share my feelings and observations with others. It is an attempt to honour my own experience.

My books ‘invite’ the viewer into the landscape of my mind and into the environment. The larger paper works, (or large pages) attempt to express the context of the books in a living way. They are to honour the magnitude of the natural world. They are to excite and create visual interest and experience.”

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Papier

Magali Gentric · September 8, 2012

Stockroom Kyneton, gallery one
08 September / 07 October 2012

KIM BARTER
Papier

Kim Barter’s Papier is an exhibition of paintings and drawings that express the inner feeling of being ‘in the landscape’. Starting from sketches undertaken on various camping trips in places as diverse as the beach, the desert, and the mountains, Kim imbues memory and feeling into the motion of her brushstrokes and mark-making. Allowing chance and a sense of self-discovery to guide her hand, she conjures up evocative work that is richly layered yet wildly free.

Utilising random gestural drawings, paint splotches, rubbings and notes, Kim’s interpretation of the landscape reflects how it ages, adapts, evolves, suffers and celebrates life. These colourful, uplifting paintings are reflective of the strength and beauty of the landscape, and are geared to inspire a reconnection with the potency of a reality we all share but all too easily find ourselves absent from.

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