ART SCENE
with Fiona Bateman @fionabatemanart
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D an Kyle @dan_kyle @edwinacorlettegallery @martinbrownecontemporary It’s as if Dan is part of his forested plot in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, where he paints gums and paper daisies. There’s endless subject matter in those trees and that land: he could keep painting it forever and we would never tire of it.
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K iata Mason @kiatamasonart @akbellingergallery Kiata has an enchanting way with colour and scale that makes you feel an intimate part of her work. Her paintings are nostalgic without being sentimental; here she has put all my favourite things together and painted them, as if it was done just for me.
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R obert Malherbe @robert_malherbe @michaelreidsydney @michaelreidberlin @jamesmakingallery A celebration of the human form, Robert’s strong colours and cropped positions combined with tender skin tones are always an absolute joy to behold. A Malherbe nude has such presence that it could be hanging among a hundred other paintings and your eyes would always go straight to it.
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Nicole Kelly @nk_nk_ @arthousegallery I adore this painting, part of a series made during isolation. Nicole says, ‘These new works are a direct observation of my own familiar and private domestic space, and a search for stability, in unfamiliar times. They consider the unexpected stillness and the experience of a deeper connection with that which we are surrounded by.’
Artworks Dan Kyle After the Burn 2019 oil and mixed media on board 120 x 120 cm; Kiata Mason Gardener’s Table 2019 acrylic on canvas 95 x 95 cm; Robert Malherbe DS 16 2020 oil on linen 72 x 72 cm; Nicole Kelly Kitchen sink (portrait of isolation) 2020 oil on polyester 53 x 48 cm.
