Kathryn Fenton

During my art/painting practice in these past 25 years I have experimented with many mediums and in all genres, but what continues to hold my interest and where I consistently revisit is the landscape and objects within the landscape. I also like to explore the concept of dual worlds where order and chaos compete with each other - where the representational morphs into elements of abstraction. Our lives are so fragmented with the pressures of society – I feel the urge to represent this overlapping and splintered nature and facets of our personalities , especially with my figurative work within the landscape, attempting to capture movement and the constant flow of time.
A lot of my figurative landscapes are allegorical set against sweeping abstracted skies which set the stage for the drama to unfold. My work practise finds me doing a lot of research and preliminary paint sketches and the ideas may come from a piece of poetry, mythology, ancient history or from my own photography. In recent years I have been preoccupied with 18th century Baroque and Rococo eras.
My work is highly expressive, allegorical and otherworldly, where boldly applied textural brush marks give way to blended patches of calm, the paintings a reflection of the...

My formal art training began at Queensland College of Art studying Visual Communication and Graphic Design as well as filmmaking. I later won a scholarship at the Australian Film and Television School and pursued a filmmaking career for 18 years and finally returned with a passion for visual arts.

2024
Essence of Place / Nexus Gallery - Bellingen NSW, Australia
2021
The Art Factory - On Coast & Country / Coffs Harbour - NSW, Australia
2020
Nexus Gallery - Members Exhibition / Bellingen - NSW, Australia
2019
Buoyancy - Artspace / Urunga - NSW, Australia
2019
The Block Artists Exhibition - TBC Gallery / Gold Coast - QLD, Australia
2018
Shine - Artspace / Urunga - NSW, Australia
2018
Changes - QCA Gallery / Fortitude Valley - Brisbane, Australia
2017
Kathryn Fenton SOLO -Eclectic Collection - Nexus Gallery / Bellingen - NSW, Australia
2016
Invited Artist - Lindfield Art Show / Lindfield - NSW, Australia
2015
Invited Artist - Lindfield Art Show / Lindfield - NSW, Australia
2015
Girls Night Out - Artfactory / Coffs Harbour - NSW, Australia
2014
Kathryn Fenton SOLO - Rivers Rocks Lakes - Nexus Gallery / Bellingen - NSW, Australia
2014
Under Show - Kenthurst Gallery / Kenthurst - Sydney, Australia
2014
Invited Artist - Lindfield Art Show / Lindfield - NSW, Australia
2014
Homeland - Lake Russell Gallery / Emerald Beach - NSW, Australia
2013
Shared Exhibition - Butchers Hook Gallery / Paddington - Sydney, Australia
2011
The Space Within - Lake Russell Gallery / Emerald Beach - NSW, Australia
2008
Kathryn Fenton SOLO - Figurative Land...