ART EDUCATION

2002-2004     Bachelor of Visual Arts (Fine Arts),  Sydney College of  the Arts, University of Sydney

ARTIST STATEMENT

My interest lies in abstraction and the use of colour and texture. The conceptual underpinning of most of my work is the signifier: a suggestion; a symbol; a sign… a mark. The mark is symbolic of a language used at another time in my life, namely, shorthand. A method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes or outlines to replace letters, I enjoy being able to make marks that aren”t immediately obvious, but give my work a deeper meaning, enabling me to leave my individual message in each work.

Part of my investigation of the symbolic and language uses the ground as a counter-point to the lineal mark, manipulating the surface and employing various techniques where oil paint is applied in either transparent or opaque layers, with hard edges often softened by free brush-strokes, exploring the tension between the hard and blended edges, frequently intensified by the choice of colour.

More recent paintings reflect the influence of the environment that I am now working, with a subtle, blended, almost realistic ground, but there is always an “edge” or “line”, which can be a simple brush stroke, or paint dragged across the canvas with a palette knife, creating a certain tension, leaving those that engage with the work to … imagine.

EXHIBITIONS

2008   Middle Head Artists, Art House, Sydney

2007 “Frances Keevil Gallery” Launch + Exhibition, Double Bay

              Space4art07@The  Landship Gallery, Headland Park, Mosman

2006 ”Frances Keevil Art”  November Art Show, Woollahra

             “Art IM”, Exhibition/Auction/Dinner, Artichoke Gallery Café, Manly

            ”Art in the Open 2006″ Group Show, Headland Park Open Day, Mosman

            “Landship Exhibition”, Group Show, Headland Park, Mosman

            “Between Surface and Substance”, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington

            “The Art Studio Sale”, Headland Park Studios

2005 “Small Artworks Show”, Newport Artworks Gallery

             “Emergent”, Newport Artworks Gallery

             “Student Diversity”, NSW Parliament House, Sydney

2004 “Graduation Show”, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle

             “Sydney Affordable Art Show”, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney

2003 “Kitsch”, Newspace Gallery, Rozelle

            “Girls Night Out”, Newspace Gallery, Rozelle

COLLECTION

Helioscreen Australia

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