Kay Kane | Public figure
Kay Kane
Phone: +61 421 305 927
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25.01.2022 A lot of activity in my studio over the last months. Really relishing working on these pieces at the moment. #artists studio # fine arts # oil painting #drawings # painting #contemporary-art # contemporary painting #brisbane artist #
25.01.2022 Delighted to receive highly commended in the Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize from a really high standard of entries. This drawing of Banyan trees in Norfolk Island completed entirely in situ. Water soluble graphite on water colour paper. Also delighted that it sold last week .
24.01.2022 Please Share Still time to Enter!
24.01.2022 My doctoral work. Five panels measuring 1.6 m high by 9 m wide when butted together. Oil on linen. Hard to see in small devices I know so will be posting each panel separately.
24.01.2022 Delighted my painting @The Restoration of Venus II is a finalist in the inaugural Lethbridge Landscape Prize on show in the Lethbridge Gallery now. All thanks to theLethbridge Gallery as it sold before the opening night and received a commended from the esteemed artist Rick Everingham. A wonderful exhibition of high quality works to be included in. All thanks to the Lethbridge Gallery and staff for a beautifully installed exhibition and fantastic opening event. Artists Stat...ement Restoration of Venus II The twentieth century has not been kind to notions of beauty. N. Zangwill These paintings aim at retrieving an idea of beauty largely eclipsed in contemporary art. The permanent, irresistible power of the beautiful is expressed in them through the erotic force of the female nude, a traditional symbol of beauty under the aspect of Venus. The effect is amplified by deploying multiple figures and integrating them imaginatively into natural landscapes (specifically drawn from Springbrook, Queensland). This combination of nude and landscape invites exploration of the deep visual resonances between human and environmental forms, permitting us to contemplate the sensual and spiritual unity of beauty as such. In her approach to this task, the artist honours traditions that assert the importance of disciplining the imagination through close observation and faithful rendering.
21.01.2022 This multiple self portrait drawing (graphite on cartridge), compiled from drawings rediscovered in my plan chest when moving studios. I discovered over 65 self portrait drawings executed from life over 45 years. I was struck by the diversity of mood and look and had the idea of combining them in a composition creating a visual story of my life. I used some photographic reference for example the figure if me as a 2 year old and the two figures of me at work while a young woman at art college. This work was exhibited in New York in 2017 and I am at present working on a painting of this composition. Working title is The Owl of Minerva Flies at Dusk taken from the philosopher Hegel’s saying that we only understand our lives in hindsight ; i.e wisdom comes in retrospect.
21.01.2022 Working in self isolation in New Haven Connecticut. A little cramped in our kitchen in our small apartment here - but it’s not impeding my output.
21.01.2022 Classes start this Saturday! there are still spots available, if you could please share with anyone you think might be interested. Venue: Upstairs st the Petrie Terrace Gallery - home of the Royal Queensland Art Society Brisbane. Check your website. You can pay online or over the phone.
20.01.2022 My painting Sapphire is included in the online exhibition of the inaugural Lethbridge Landscape Prize. Painted from an elevated view of Hervey Bay QLD
20.01.2022 A lot of activity in my studio over the last months. Really relishing working on these pieces at the moment. #artists studio #fine art #painting #drawing #Brisbane-artist #landscape painting # portrait painting # portrait drawing # contemporary art#
20.01.2022 This is the second of a series of visual diary drawings I’m going to put up. All executed in biro on moleskin paper quite small. So much fun.
19.01.2022 No 3 of a drawing taken from a visual diary - moleskin on paper - quite small. This one takes on a very abstract quality.
19.01.2022 Study for my painting in progress The Owl of Minerva flies at Dusk Graphite on cartridge. This drawing was exhibited as guest artist in an exhibition in New York where I was one of the jurors ( as they are called in the USA)for the exhibition. #drawing #drawings #drawingoftheday #in #drawingaday #drawingchallenge #drawingskills #drawingpencil #drawingtime #drawing2me #drawinganime #drawingsketch #drawingstyle #drawingpractice #drawingeveryday #drawingdaily #drawingbyme #drawingartist #drawingday #drawingtoday #creative #follow #blackandwhite #arts #beautiful #myart #contemporaryart
18.01.2022 Completed in Isolation in New Haven Connecticut USA. Now has an American home.
17.01.2022 Norman Connell eminent Psychiatrist. Executed in graphite on cartridge completely from life, in the year before his death. Husband of Helen Connell. Size: Head two thirds life size.
16.01.2022 This is a first class exhibition. Must see
16.01.2022 Places in this 4 day workshop are already filling up already. Class dates November 9, 16, 23 &30, so book in early to ensure your place. You can book and pay on line at the Royal Queensland Art society (Brisbane Branch ) website or pay over the phone - 07 3367 1977. Venue: Upstairs at the Petrie Terrace Gallery, 162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane QLD 4000. Please do share with anyone you think might be interested.
15.01.2022 This is the first of s series of visual diary drawings I’m going to put up. All executed in biro on moleskin paper quite small. So much fun.
14.01.2022 Graphite on cartridge drawing of a dear friend done from life in one sitting, unfortunately she is no longer with us. Psychiatrist Dr Helen Connell. It won first prize in the Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize . #drawing #prize #friend #graphite #cartridge #portrait #
13.01.2022 My latest portrait commission completed and delivered, and importantly very well received by the commissioner. The subject is Rona Bain and it was a delight to paint such an intelligent compassionate and acute lady. I went to where she lives in NSW to do the preparatory drawings. The painting was commissioned by her grandson who lives in Tokyo. She is clearly loved.
10.01.2022 Recent compositional drawing - done from life of course no photography involved - of my home contrasting interior and exterior. We moved here in 2015 and I love it - never moving again. Have dedicated studio up the back loads of fruit trees and greenery of all sorts and .. chickens !! Graphite on moleskin paper. #drawing #drawings #drawingoftheday #drawingart #drawingaday #drawingchallenge #drawingskills #drawingpencil #drawingtime #drawing2me #drawinganime #drawingsketch #drawingstyle #drawingbook #drawingpractice #drawingeveryday #drawinganatomyandart #drawingdaily #drawingbyme #drawingartist #drawingday #drawingtoday
09.01.2022 Panel Two of my doctoral work entitled ‘ The Restoration of Venus’ oil on linen. 1.6 m (h) X 0.8 mw) (
09.01.2022 Love drawing trees. This drawing is from my sketch book and done in situ. My intention was to exploring volume through contour and section through with minimal use of tone
09.01.2022 Yet another. All done in the same life drawing session - biro on moleskin. Please do tap on the image to see the whole drawing.
08.01.2022 Painting in progress from the the compositional study recently posted. Oil on linen board. #modernart #contemporaryart #brisbaneartist#moretonbayart#artistshoutout #fineartpainting #paintingfromlife #oilpainting #representationalart #interior
08.01.2022 Portrait of Norman Connell. Eminent Psychiatrist husband of Helen Connell. Completed some time ago, from life not long before he died Graphite on cartridge head two thirds life size.
08.01.2022 This work is one of my paintings included in the Lethbridge Gallery exhibition ‘Home’ opening this weekend. No opening event due to COVID. Hope you can get along and take a look.
06.01.2022 View from our room while in quarantine after returning from 6 months in Connecticut USA. Can’t complain about the room or the view.
05.01.2022 Delighted my painting Sapphire is included in the online exhibition of the inaugural Lethbridge Prize. Painted from a wonderful view of Hervey Bay from the building named Sapphire at Pialba. So named for the building it was painted from and the exquisite colour of the sea. Oil on board 100 cm wide X 45 cm high.
05.01.2022 This work is also one of my paintings included in the Lethbridge Gallery exhibition ‘Home’ opening this weekend. No opening event due to COVID. Hope you can get along and take a look.
02.01.2022 My painting of Hervey Bay QLD is,to my delight included in the inaugural online Lethbridge Landscape Prize.
01.01.2022 The idea for this was conceived 4 years ago while on a 6 month sojourn in America with my husband teaching at Yale. Still quite a bit to do though I have been working on the painting on an off since 2017 - took it to America with me in 2020 and COVID gave me plenty of opportunities to work on it. Each head except the 3 figures of me - one as a child and the 2 of me painting in the foreground are worked from self portrait studies (drawings done from life) done over my career a...s an artist. As it happened there’s a head from 6 decades of my life. The largest head is the most recent and while I did a comprehensive study for it it is largely painted directly from life. Tentative title The Owl of Minerva Flies at Dusk From Plato meaning we only understand backwards - ie we don’t understand the day until the day is almost over. It seemed an appropriate title LOL. #Portraiture # oil painting # Brisbane artist #queensland artist # painting composition ##art #artist #artwork #arte #artoftheday #artistic #artsy #artofvisuals #artistsoninstagram #arts #artgallery #artists ##artlife #artlovers #artstagram #artista #artisan #artworks #artshow #artcollector #artforsale #artshub #artlover #Artstudio See more
01.01.2022 I have this 4 week workshop coming up in November. Venue : The Royal Queensland Art Society, upstairs at the Petrie Terrace Gallery. Check the RQAS Brisbane, website.
