Kadira Jennings
Springfield, NSW
Kadira Jennings, Painter of the silent spaces within landscape and natural and abstract forms
MessageMy studio is located in Springfield on the Central Coast of Australia 80 Ks north of Sydney where I'm lucky to have a dedicated space to paint in and still be connected to landscape and mother nature, through the natural light that comes into my space. I have a couple of comfy chairs in the studio where I can look at my work and assess where I'm going with it. I also surround myself with many beautiful, natural and magical objects, such as a seahorse skeleton, poppy seed heads and treasures from the seashore.
I father wa was born in Tauranga, New Zealand. My father was in the air force, which meant that my family was always on the move. It was in Blenheim New Zealand that I first felt a deep connection to the landscape. There were previous echoes of this in England, experienced by walking through ancient forests and discovering overgrown, Roman roads. The unique wilderness of these ancient landscapes captivated my dreams of magic and mystery from the age of five. In Blenheim, these landscapes had a wild and primal energy to them which was immense and enveloping at the same time. The landscape enfolded me, nurtured and protected me. I felt held, seen and recognized. There are evocative shapes and spaces in these landscapes that connect to a history of both human and the Divine. Also experienced is a sense of paradox in the opposing sensations of gravity and weightlessness these locations engendered. It is a place which continues to hold a sense of mystery and magic to this day. The New Zealand landscape is a place I continue to revisit, a place filled with gems as yet undiscovered..
The impact that nature has upon me is something I am trying to achieve in my own art-making. Creating something that can move and inspire others is the goal of every artwork I create. Through my art, I want to tell the story of my love and connection to nature and I hope that when people see my work that they may experience some connection too.
Statement
My work is my homage to Mother Nature.
In this way, I want to share with others, the magic and mystery I have discovered in nature.
My story is one of the unconditional love I have for the ancient lands I have had the privilege to be present in. My language is visual. It tells tales of the connection and bond to the land we travel. Through my art, I feel like I am the caretaker of such places. It is my honour and responsibility to bring this beauty and understanding to others, to offer them a vision of ‘the quiet beauty and silence of spaces’.
There is a timeless, spiritual, connectedness that I experience within the beauty of natural forms and their presence. It is an essence which I bring to the world through my work.
The distillation of this natural energy manifests as a quiet stillness, a magical mysteriousness that expresses the inner beauty and connection to nature and place that is found as a consistent theme throughout my work. The paintings decode the ‘silence in the spaces’ that I discover there.
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