Welcome to
Kerry's Gallery
Like most children, I started painting at an early age. Unlike most children, however, I never grew out of my passion and love for painting and drawing.
Though I have not worked professionally as an artist, my art has never ceased to sustain and nourish me throughout my life. It keeps me grounded and centered. My art provides a place where I can retreat and hide when the going gets tough. A safe refuge. My art is always there for me. When I am painting, time and space cease to exist for me.
I have opened this thread to act as an on-line gallery of some of the paintings I have scanned, and also as a place where I can showcase my new paintings as they are painted. In time, I will be auctioning some of my future paintings on e-Bay.
I have started with the above portrait of my friend, Geri. It is painted in the abstract style I was experimenting with at the time. It is influenced by stained glass window design and by the painting style of Amedeo Modigliani. It is executed in French Conte pastels on stretched canvas with highlights in oil paint. It is 90cm x 60cm (3ft x 2ft) in size.
I hope you will enjoy my gallery. You are very welcome to visit at any time, to see more of my paintings as they are posted.
Way back in March 2009, I started this thread with the above post, depicting the portrait of my friend, Geri.
A few minutes ago, I received a phone call, notifying me of Geri's death.
Geri was diagnosed with cancer just before Easter this year. She was attached to a morphine drip three weeks ago and placed in a medically induced coma last week. She died at 1.15 a.m. today, Monday 26 July 2010 AEST.
Her funeral will be a Requiem Mass in Hobart, Tasmania, which will also be attended by a local convent of Buddhist nuns and representatives of the local Russian Orthodox Church community.
Geri was a beautiful, gentle, compassionate person, who will be greatly missed.
Rest in Peace, Geri.
