kathy foster – painter
My inspiration comes from the minutiae of life: familiar everyday objects and spaces that are often overlooked. The appearance of objects, often worn or weathered, provides parallels for our own ageing process, and offers a myriad of possibilities for creating images.
Beach Fence series, no. 5, oil on canvas, 50x40cm
Beach Fence series, no. 6, oil on canvas, 50x40cm
I produce figurative and semi-abstract oil paintings based on individual objects such as old shoes, books, chairs, fences and plastic bags and bottles. I aim to convey the identity and transience of even the most humble of objects and the space it occupies.
Petticoat, oil on canvas, 61x54cm
Pink Shoes, oil on canvas, 70x50cm
The experimental and accidental are important factors in my work. I continue to be fascinated by the physicality of paint and its relationship with the image.
