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Sunshine Beach (part of Sunshine Coast series)
Art is a powerful storytelling tool and Carlie Wacker takes some time out to soak up the energy and movement created by the works of our cover artist, Kathryn Johnston.
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here is something soothing, a connection one feels when viewing the artworks by Kathryn Johnston. Her creations seem to have an energy that makes you want to breathe in the moment and pause. I feel like Kathryn Johnston is my soul sister. Like me, her early career was in the entertainment industry as a dancer, actress, voice-over artist and teacher of performing arts. It is perhaps the ‘on stage’ experience that translates IN Noosa Magazine
to an emotional connection and movement in her art.
During her stage years Kathryn always dabbled in art.
In particular I look at her series of life studies and dancers and my heart skips a beat – I feel that passion in live performance in her pieces Relevé and Attitude Pirouette, I sense the exhaustion and pain in On The Rocks and At The End Of The Day. It is the ability to intrigue the viewer about the untold story that has us wanting more. Mystery – oh how it piques your interest!
“I would spend hours and hours experimenting with various mediums and it was in the early 1990s that I decided to create my first exhibition,” she says.
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True to form, this first exhibition was held at the beloved Sydney Dance Company. Who says you can only be one type of artist? A career in computer graphics led
