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Artist Statement:
For the past five years, my
work has been all about the
Australian Outback. Vast,
uncompromising (rather like my
good self),and so varied that
the possibilities for
expression are endless...
Outback Australia is colour!
Strange, impossible colour.
It is texture and diversity!
Seductive plays between wet
and dry, sharp and smooth,
density and the ephemeral...
the list goes on.
It is all about light! Brash,
bleaching, showing every fault
and then at times mysteriously
absent in shadows that
surprise of frighten. One
doesn't need to keep stumbling
over animal bones to realise
it is a theatre of life and
death.
Then again, there is the
'Outback' that is not on the
stereotypical postcard or
tourist trail. 'Unremarkable'
terrain which spans vast
distances and only rewards
those who 'look' for its
beauty: endless grasslands,
scrublands, salt country,
stone and gibber deserts, dust
plains, sand banks, claypans
and swamps. As one moves more
into the reality and feel of
this country, its language
expands and while its beauty
impacts on the psyche more
subtly it does so with amazing
power and permanence.
My aim as an outback artist is
to express my feelings for the
boundlessness, the minutiae
and the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Feb 2007 to present:
Continuous display of work
either in the main gallery or
upstairs studio gallery.
Feb 2007
Opening Exhibition,
Kate Owen Gallery
Sydney, Australia
October 2006
'Gallery D'
Shanghai, China.
May - June 2006
'PP Gallery'
Guangzhou Museum of
Contemporary Art
Guangzhou, China.
April - May 2006
'State ...
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Artist Galleries:
KATE OWEN STUDIO GALLERY
3 Gladstone Street,
Newtown, SYDNEY, Australia
Featuring new and recent work.
On-line Gallery
www.kateowen.com.au
RUSHCUTTERS BAY GALLERY
SYDNEY, Australia
Last show August 2005
STATE OF THE ARTS GALLERY
Queens Road, HONG KONG
Next show: 6 April 2006
PEN PAL GALLERY
Guangzhou Art...
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Artist Reviews:
ARTICLE: SYDNEY: WENTWORTH
COURIER 19 February 2003
"The rich textures of nomadic
Persian rugs satiate the
senses in Kate Owen's latest
showing at the Rushcutters bay
Gallery.
Owen translates the exotic
beauty of the rugs onto canvas
using unique media.
A portable garden for nomads
in the Middle East, ...
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Collections:
Tasmanian Art Gallery and
Museum, Hobart, Tasmania,
Australia
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Anton Vogels
Dear Kate, I am enjoying your magnificents paintings tremendously! Specially, The Valley of the Winds and the Unnamed. They are like trained Falcons. Allways at the ready to express their raw spirit and power to the observer, and being ready to return to the canvas and sit perched to fly out again.Yes, the Australian desert has a unique spirit and personallity.From, Anton, co-webartist in Sydney.
Josep Maria Cabayol
Una muy interesante pintura, cargada de color y con temas muy bien selecionados. Una artista completa, que posee un extraordinario dominio de la técnica con una capacidad de resolucion fuera de lo normal.
alison hale
Hi Kate.Enjoyed veiwing your work. have only visited the outback once but boy it certainly leaves one in awe. You have certainly captured the colour hashness and the sparseness. Thanks for sharing themregards A Hale (artist)
Angela Lewis
Hi Kate,I love your paintings,especially the textures and colours.They really are filled with life and energy.I'm sure that many more images will emerge as you reflect on your journey.Thanks for the pleasure these paintings give.Angela
Noel Campbell
Kate, I adore your work and your talent is awesome. You have certainly captured the spirit,colour, texture and mood of the Australian outback in your Ancient Land series, and on a totally different theme, your painting of Margaret Scott is simply outstanding.
josep Maria Cabayol
Cada vez me gustan mas estas obras de arte. Colores, formas y temas son extraordinarios. Un placer admirable .www.cabayol.com
Pavel Rehurek
I love it. In the profusion of art, you stand clearly out. All the best to you. www.rehurek.com
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