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Kate Breakey
Orchid in a Bottle

2022

$1,500
£1,139.01
€1,366.18
CA$2,148.25
A$2,217.50
CHF 1,249.89
MX$28,689.29
NOK 14,259.91
SEK 15,043.57
DKK 10,211.32

About the Item

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and emotional comprehension which are sometimes incompatible, and distill them into a visual language of images where they can be contemplated. Making images of these things is a natural extension of being fascinated, touch, or intrigued by them. This process of seeing, and recording transforms me. It is how I express wonder and love, a form of dedication. It is also a record of my life and my desire to connect myself to all other things, the acknowledgment of a search for an explanation, meaning, and significance, and a primal longing to grasp unknowable things. I begin with a silver photographic image, evidence. Then I paint on this in many transparent layers of oil paint and pencil. If I am lucky the media combine, and become enmeshed, a curious union of what was real with my own painterly exaggerations and embellishments, so I can show how beautiful it all is — the light, the form, the texture and color, because I am a sensualist and this is my most profound pleasure, my lovely addiction.
  • Creator:
    Kate Breakey (1957, Australian)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    FramedPrice: $1,850
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Sante Fe, NM
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU134210589832

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