Katherine creates tension through contrasting elements. Often breaking the calm, the dramatic is harnessed through the energy of turbulent, powerful skies that appear to at any point have the potential to explode and drench the land or sea below. The extent of nature’s hand is always at the fore encompassing everything. Humanity is often depicted as a tiny line or stroke of the brush, resembling a diminutive figure, not swallowed up but provided with the knowledge of its fragility against such power and force.
“Giving over to the flow of painting has allowed me to experience that there is an energy that works through me to create the paintings I do. They are meditative objects that reflect simply being.
In the bigger scheme of life, we are just a blip in existence. There is something bigger than ourselves that we cannot control. We are merely partaking in the ebb and flow of an ocean and to swim against it is futile. The sooner we give ourselves over to the idea that to let go and be in the unfolding the easier everything will become. This body of work “Finding Freedom” reflects on ideas of just simply being. Finding a calm freedom from the hostile world we live in.” – Katherine Wood
