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- Artist Name:
- Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
- Location:
- Ararat, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
- Statement:
- ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Art - thoughts, ideas, feelings and their physical manifestations - serves 'to feed those further down the river'.
Sometimes called an eclectic artist, I work in both two and three dimensions across a range of mediums. This requires a heightened sense of awareness, creativity, flexibility and openness in one's practice.
As my life/art is a continual evolving process, it is therefore a demanding journey of creativity, revelation, transformation and personal interpretation, requiring much courage and perserverance over the years.
My surroundings of tropical rainforest, mountains, beach and backyard have been and still are a constant and rich source for inspiration and materials to manipulate. However I am currently developing visual imagery evolved from exploring influences impacting on my senses, memory and perception.
My art practice is very much a spiritual practice building upon trust in one's intuitive and empowering 'higher' creative energy forces. It is a fertile means of tapping into one's inner soul world, to explore and make 'sense' of one's relationships to and from the 'outer' transitory world.
The multi-layered aspect of human subconscious and conscious thought is complex; hence, my artwork is becoming more reflective of this while being ever mindful of the dynamic forces, energies and thoughts that connect/disconnect all things visible and invisible.
As personal metaphors and symbols develop further in my visual language, self-expression becomes much more intimate, personal and satisfying.
- Biography:
- Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch was born and educated in Victoria, Australia, gaining a Diploma in Art & Design, 1977, Deakin University, Geelong and a Graduate Diploma in (Sec) Education, 1982, Bendigo CAE. In between these qualifications, Kerryn travelled and worked interstate - SA, NSW, then far North Queensland gaining 'life experiences'. In 1985 Kerryn accepted a teaching position in Innisfail, North Qld and this is where she still lives and works, having settled and raised her family of three children with North Qld. born Indigenous husband and also artist, Clifford Madsen.
Parallel to a long art teaching career in this isolated tropical region, is Kerryn's continual commitment to developing her professional artist practice, with many regional awards and exhibition achievements, as well as serving voluntarily in her community in many art roles/positions - as an administrator, steward, judge, organizer and coordinator to many workshops and local exhibitions and more recent as a curator and regional representative. Kerryn now self-employed, is the founder, co-owner and director of 'Artropica Innisfail Studio Gallery', a retail art and framing business, which has been successfully run and operated since 1997.
Kerryn's recent achievements includes her successful selected solo exhibiton, 'Elevating the Spirit', shown 2007 at the Cairns Regional Gallery, then its touring program to date: 2007 - Sugarama Gallery in her hometown; 2009 - April 24 - May 31, Umbrella Studio Gallery (selected to show in Main Space) Townsville, Qld. Australia.
LINK - PRINT OPTIONS of various works are now available at:
http://artropica-innisfail-studio-gallery.fineartamerica.com
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