Kangaroo Print (A2 Limited Edition Fine Art Print) Ed. 25 of 50

When I was three a kangaroo stole my lunch.

I was devastated.

I was with my folks on a road trip and we stopped for lunch at Pretty Beach or Pebbly beach on the South Cost of NSW.

At the time I didn't quite understand but looking back I was clearly the weakest link and waving food. I mean, who wouldn't approach with those odds of a free lunch!?

I can't remember the exact species seeing at its a twenty something year old memory but something tells me it wasn't a red. And that's why this kangaroo is a red. It's a species that didn't attempt to steal lunch from pint sized Eleanor.

The original Red Kangaroo is painted on Arches 300GSM hot pressed cotton rag paper with acrylic paints 7 different thickness of black ink pens which have been layered on top of one another.

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My full name is Eleanor Louise Killen so it is my initials that spell ELK. I loved art from a very young age (often splattering the walls of my parent's home with paint) and decided when I was about three that 'elk' was how I was going to sign my art. I'm based in Exmouth, WA, where the red dirt meets the lush turquoise of the Indian Ocean and Ningaloo reef. However, I haven't always lived here. I grew up in the dry scrub of the Victorian bush overlooking green rolling dairy hills. Quite the contrast to where I live now, but I think it all contributes to the art I make today. To further the contrast, I studied at the University of Melbourne, in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the cultural hub of Australia. I believe these contrasts make a strong appearance in my artwork with the layering of different thicknesses of black ink felt tip pens and gouache to create majority of my works.