Recent Works
3 – 14 December 2008
Opening preview: Wednesday 3 December 5.30-7.30pm
Artist Statement:
“I was always discouraged during life drawing classes and received terrible marks as I constantly wanted to clean up my page instead of leaving scribbles and scribbling over them… the mess drove me crazy and my marks were sacrificed for the pure joy of my eraser and a sharp pencil. My drawings are not necessarily the fruit of a highly intensive research project, as was taught a necessity at university, and previously my works have purely been inspired by models I have worked with who express a strong presence or whom capture me with their stare. My earlier magazine fashion pages are usually a product of a simple brief such as “we want liquid eyeliner”, or “a blonde, brunette and red head please”… and the majority of the time I just feel the urge to draw something so sit down and do just that. ”Recent Works” is a collection of images that I am viewing as work in progress. It is a step away from my previous works that involved areas of block colours and had more graphic appeal, and is very much pulled back and cleaned out… I’m further investigating the idea of female sexuality after having highly varied and often surprising reactions to the first image “Lilli”…”
- Kelly 08
Biography:
Kelly is currently based in Wellington where she works as a freelance photographer and illustrator, her work appears regularly in New Zealand fashion publications as well as abroad. For the past two years she has appeared in the Curvy book and exhibition which celebrates the work of 100 female illustrators and designers worldwide. She was featured this year in the NZ fashion week gallery and has since been booked for two Australian shows in 2009.
Commissions welcome.