Kathryn Fenton

Kathryn is an expressive figurative/landscape artist with a history of exhibiting her work in Sydney and the Coffs Region for 30 years.

She is a recipient and finalist in a number of art prizes including EMSLA National Still Life and Hurford Portrait Prize and several regional awards.

Born in Qld, Kathryn studied Visual Communication and Graphic Design at Brisbane College of Art. It was here she also developed a keen interest in photography and film making and her short films gained her a scholarship to The Australian Film and Television School in Sydney.

She spent the next 15 years working in the film and television industry in Australia and Asia.
This filmic background has played a large part in her later development as an artist. Her large floral landscapes in particular take on a dramatic cinematic presence. For many years her work has been heavily influenced by the Baroque and Rococo Periods. They act as a springboard to create utopian worlds for man and nature to reside in and against the constant murmuration of discontent and chaos in humanity.

Her expressive style moves between naturalism and the abstract and her goal is always focused on the light, energy and looseness in her paintings. The landscape in all its moods and forms is central to her heart and Kathryn inevitably strives to experiment with oils and mixed media to interpret this ever-fascinating genre. Practising regular pleinair in all its disciplines supports this idealism.