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Spectrum

Spectrum Series

July 26, 2019

Delicious strokes of colour flat against a textured background. There is something delicious about the way the colour fuses together. Being summertime the light hits the land straight in, striking light through the trees and creating dense shadows. Bright sparky colours bounce through the vistas.

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In Sligo, I was given a chance to create a series of works on canvas. I approached this as an exercise in exploring a technique. I wanted to fully engage in the process of applying three distinct layers in various colour combinations. The works are made up of three components; the white texture background, followed by the messy spirited splash, and finally the slow strong gradient stroke. The slow steady application of the stoke, after the uninhibited gestural splash forces me to shift my thinking, and my hand-eye co-ordination. Each component is intuitive - moving between complete abandon and frenzied focus.

Spectrum. Green. Lime/Fuschia

Spectrum. Green. Lime/Fuschia

Sure it’s that time of year again when days roll together and time seems to flit past in an instant. The hours spent in deep concentration working on these pieces will mark the presence of being in Sligo at this moment.

All the works are available for purchase - see my Instagram & Artwork Archive for more deeeeets.

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In New Work Tags spectrum series, kari cahill, irish artist, west coast artist, Ink makingAcrylic paint, art acrylic paint, Acrylic paint, young artist, emerging artist
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The pink landscapes of Brazil.

January 22, 2019

Going into the residency at NaCasa I was determined to paint every day. I wanted to have time and freedom to make work that I was unsure of, or that was outside my comfort zone. I have moments where I question what I do; why the marks are important, why I make certain aesthetic decisions, how far I should push a certain idea. I felt that this residency would allow me to work out some of these questions.

The colours in Brazil are so bright yet there is a haze to the air which causes a dulling effect over the landscape. I was constantly met with pinks and wines and dark marroon shades. The light falls in a sparky way; the sun blocks a lot of my vision, and often I found myself squinting to see the colours behind the light. This process led me to a deeper enquiry, a kind of pairing back in order to really view what was hidden. Light bouncing off a purple creates a bright mint colour for a flash. Sun streaming through trees bounces turquoise against it’s leaves.

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The landscape, although formed from the same ocean as Ireland, has evolved in a less jagged, rugged way. Boulders are soft and pink and fold into themselves, which reflect in rockpools a much lighter shade.

Throughout my residency in Floripa I quickly filled my notebook with strokes of colour. Nogalina became my go to material. When mixed with acrylic pigments and paints the nogalina transforms the colours into deep vibrant hues which seem to dance across the canvas.


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In Artist Residency Tags Acrylic paint, Mixed Media, Unique, Original, Recycled Paper, Artists Choice, One of a Kind, Limited edition, walnut shell ink, natural pigments, nogalina, irish artist, artist in residence, artist residency, organic paint, abstract expression, landscape painter, abstract paint
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Experiments in Light and Colour - From the East Coast of Brazil

January 20, 2019

I was introduced to a beautiful material while living and working in NaCasa. Diego de los Campos, an Uruguayan artist who works full time at the house showed me how to slowly mix Nogalina into a fine liquid paste. Nogalina is the dried shell of walnuts and is ground into dust. The dust is water soluble and moves in a deliciously smooth way. Mixed with acrylic paint the colour takes on a new life, rolling around the paper like ink, before soaking into the pages.

There is something quite extraordinary yet simple about using colour found in nature.

These are the paintings which came from the experiments with Nogalina while trying to capture the essence of the Florianopolis landscape.

These pieces are all for sale. Please get in touch if you would like to purchase a bit of the Brazilian Coast!

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Photos: Fellipe Lopes

In Artist Residency Tags Acrylic paint, Mixed Media, Unique, Original, Recycled Paper, Artists Choice, One of a Kind, Limited edition, walnut shell ink, natural pigments, nogalina, irish artist, artist in residence, artist residency, organic paint, abstract expression, landscape painter, abstract paint
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