Kerry Inkster

My passion is painting!! As far as I'm concerned there's nothing better than applying it in it's many forms, watching it move, blend, bleed, and watching it dry! I'm a professional artist and conceptually trained through the South Australian School of Art, I was born and bred in country South Australia - the daughter of farmers. I distinctly recall seeing news articles about Pollock and Warhol "on the TV" as a young teenager and thought artists only truly existed in The States. However I was "good at art" - as "misplaced" as it was in my environment - I loved it - only place I felt a sense of true self reflection, breath, and peace.
I began painting in 2001, and in 2012 I realised my dream of gaining a Bachelor of Visual Art, Specialisation Painting, with The University of South Australia / The South Australian School of Art. I was so good at studying art that I won the 2013 University of South Australia Medal for outstanding academic achievement in the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences. I was also selected and entered into The Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition in 2013.
I am interested in asking questions about the human condition through my figurative and portrait paintings and drawings. Mostly working from photographs and film stills, I have a particular interest in observing the female image and the cultural implications that these images represent. I have developed my style from hyper realistic beginnings to simplified shape and form with the influences of Expressionism and Pop Art. I have a particular interest in colour, tone, composition, texture, and movement - and I focus on these elements within my figures and faces.
Please contact me if you'd like to discuss art at anytime!