Kerry Inkster
I was born in a tiny country town in South Australia in 1972.
In 2012, after a career diversion, I finished my conceptual
training at the South Australian School of Art where I
revived my love of both photography and painting. During
my studies I turned to my love of stencil-making and action
painting techniques and created my own style. I use Notan
Principles, a term derived from the Japanese language,
literally meaning “light-dark balance”. This encourages my
exploration of colour, employing Paul Gauguin’s synthetist
style, where I aim to synthesise three features in my work:
the outward appearance of natural forms; my feelings about
my subject; and the purity of the aesthetic considerations of
line, colour and form.
My work celebrates inspiring images of women underwater -
offering an other-worldly, nurturing, freeing, and healing
space for the viewer to reside. Here time and form are
suspended, the filtered light shifts colours, shapes and
shadows, creating beautiful reflections - I view each piece as
a page of my diary, an ongoing exploration of my story. I
draw inspiration from the shapes my models make in the
natural underwater environment, patiently waiting to
capture an ephemeral moment in time.
In 2012, after a career diversion, I finished my conceptual
training at the South Australian School of Art where I
revived my love of both photography and painting. During
my studies I turned to my love of stencil-making and action
painting techniques and created my own style. I use Notan
Principles, a term derived from the Japanese language,
literally meaning “light-dark balance”. This encourages my
exploration of colour, employing Paul Gauguin’s synthetist
style, where I aim to synthesise three features in my work:
the outward appearance of natural forms; my feelings about
my subject; and the purity of the aesthetic considerations of
line, colour and form.
My work celebrates inspiring images of women underwater -
offering an other-worldly, nurturing, freeing, and healing
space for the viewer to reside. Here time and form are
suspended, the filtered light shifts colours, shapes and
shadows, creating beautiful reflections - I view each piece as
a page of my diary, an ongoing exploration of my story. I
draw inspiration from the shapes my models make in the
natural underwater environment, patiently waiting to
capture an ephemeral moment in time.
