Argyle

This artwork was created using thin strips of paper from recycled Architectural Digest magazines.

Every time you look at this artwork you will see a new detail in the images used to create the overall effect.

Each piece was sorted into colour and tone and painstakingly glued together to create this amazing effect, then varnished with a subtle holographic glitter effect. It feels like you are looking down into a deep dark cave.

The earthy tones will bring a warmth to your room. It is large at 48 x 48 inch (122 x 122 cm) so demands a place where it will take centre stage.

The back has both gallery hooks as well as D ring and wire and felt wall protectors. The back shows the strips of paper that cover the edges as a show of truth as to how this artwork was created.

The thought behind it was that diamonds are forever but so is the loss of land to the indigenous people and their culture and the flora and fauna that was once there.

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Kathleen is a multi talented artist and works in a variety of mediums.

Her artwork ranges from collage from recycled magazines, painting cats in acrylic paint to making wearable arts outfits.

Each collage is painstakingly made from recycled magazines which are sliced into thin strips. She sorts them into colour and tone before attaching them to her base and then varnishing the end result. Each collage takes months to make from start to finish.

Since 2021 she has entered the Art Show Pakenham in the Wearable Art section and chooses a recycled material to create a stunning outfit. Her first outfit was made from bubble wrap and packing plastic, 2022 was chip packets and in 2023 she won first prize for her outfit decorated with flowers made from ALDI coffee pods. In 2024 she won the Yarram wearable art show with her amazing outfits.

In 2022 she had a solo exhibition of her cat series it was so popular that the gallery extended for another month. She was invited back to hold another solo exhibition of her collage work the next year.

In 2024 she had a solo exhibition of her collage at The Station Gallery Yarragon.

Due to the amount of time that each artwork takes Kathleen does not take commissions but she does show her artwork in group exhibitions at The Station Gallery Yarragon, Oak Hill Gallery at Mornington, Emerald Arts Society, Art Show Pakenham and the Emerald Art in the Park gallery located near the Puffing Billy train.

She sells her greeting cards that feature her cats and collages at market stall sites during the summertime as well as stocking them at The Station Gallery Yarragon, Oak Hill Gallery Mornington and Art in the Park at Emerald.