Kathleen Cashin
Petrie, Queenlsand, Australia
My work explores the human condition socially, collectively and spiritually. I am fascinated by myth...
About the artist
Kathleen Cashin
Joined In 2017
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About the artist
Kathleen Cashin
Joined In 2017
(1 Follower)
ABOUT
EDUCATION
EXHIBITIONS
My work explores the human condition socially, collectively and spiritually. I am fascinated by myth and legend which tends to suggest a collective consciousness.
My research includes a lot of reading. Initially I read a broad overview then specifically. I draw and draw and draw then abstract until the image conveys my intent.
I always paint from one of my drawings, once the brush is my hand, I intuitively choose the palette. My marks are sometimes heavily impasto and sometimes minimalistic. Like most artists I enter my own world and my dialogue with the painting is intense and passionate until completed.
My studio is in my back garden, many times I work outside, so I am not confined. More often than not, I paint to classical or ethnic music. My solo exhibition Christos engendered emotional response and to my surprise more men cried than women I am very influenced by the Abstract Expressionists.
Kathleen won a Fine Arts Committee Award-Highly Commended 2006 and an Award for Academic Excellence 2008 from Griffith University. In 2011 she held a solo exhibition at St. John Boscoe Catholic Church Kenilworth. The exhibition entitled Christos ran concurrently with the Kenilworth Celebrates festival. She has also exhibited a body ...
STANDARD OF EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Art Griffith University 2011
Diploma in Fine Art Gateway TAFE 2006
Certificate III in Fine Art 2004
EXHIBITIONS
September 2004 Kenilworth Exhibition
November 2004 Certificate III - End of the Year Exhibition
December 2005 Dip. Visual Art – End of the Year Exhibition
May 2006 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition
September 2006 Kenilworth Exhibition
November 2006 Solo Exhibition (BITS Gallery)
November 2006 Art Graduates Exhibition
May 2007 Excellence in Christian Art Award
November 2007 End of Year Exhibition
November 2008 End of Year Exhibition
May 2009 Pine Rivers Art Award Exhibition
May 2010 Pine Rivers Art Award Exhibition
October 2010 Flipbooks Gallery
September 2011 Christos Solo Exhibition (Kenilworth Celebrates)
June 2012 To Believe solo exhibition at Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre
COLLECTIONS
Redeemer Lutheran College Collection
Sales from end of the year exhibitions– private collections
Sales to fellow students – private collections
Commissions – private collections
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition – private collection
Petrie Catholic Church
Private ...
September 2004 Kenilworth Exhibition
November 2004 Certificate III - End of the Year Exhibition
December 2005 Dip. Visual Art – End of the Year Exhibition
May 2006 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition
September 2006 Kenilworth Exhibition
November 2006 Solo Exhibition (BITS Gallery)
November 2006 Art Graduates Exhibition
May 2007 Excellence in Christian Art Award
November 2007 End of Year Exhibition
November 2008 End of Year Exhibition
May 2009 Pine Rivers Art Award Exhibition
May 2010 Pine Rivers Art Award Exhibition
October 2010 Flipbooks Gallery
September 2011 Christos Solo Exhibition (Kenilworth Celebrates)
June 2012 To Believe solo exhibition at Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre
Collections
Redeemer Lutheran College Collection
Sales from end of the year exhibitions– private collections
Sales to fellow students – private collections
Commissions – private collections
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition – private collection
Petrie Catholic Church
Private Collections