Redemptive Odyssey

Redemptive Odyssey - A figurative landscape by Kathryn Fenton.

This work has once more been influenced by Greek and Roman mythology as it was also a source of inspiration for the master artists of the Baroque and Rococo periods.

Kathryn finds the symbolic messages displayed in these epic, allegorical tales just as poignant and relevant today of everyman's tales of adventure,
longing, temptation, the struggle between good and evil and hard won triumph, and hence why these tales are just as popular in contemporary literature today as it's all so relatable.

She has used the vibrant pastel palette of the Rococo era for "Redemptive Odyssey" and entwined the abstracted figures in and against the backdrop of a grand land and seascape as if intrinsically linked in their destiny together.

Painted in the mediums of oil, acrylic and charcoal.

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My formal art training began at Queensland College of Art studying Visual Communication and Graphic Design as well as filmmaking. I later won a scholarship at the Australian Film and Television School and pursued a filmmaking career for 18 years and finally returned with a passion for visual arts.
During my art/painting practice in these past 30 years I have experimented with many mediums and in all genres, but what continues to hold my interest and where I consistently revisit is the landscape and objects within the landscape. I also like to explore the concept of dual worlds where order and chaos compete with each other - where the representational morphs into elements of abstraction.
A lot of my figurative landscapes are allegorical set against sweeping abstracted skies which set the stage for the drama to unfold. My work practise finds my doing a lot of research and preliminary paint sketches and the ideas may come from a piece of poetry, mythology, ancient history or from my own photography. In recent years I have been preoccupied with 18th century Baroque and Rococo eras.
I have been fortunate to have been selected as a finalist in the National Still Life Art Prize for the past 6 years as well as winning landscape and portrait awards in the Coffs Harbour and Sawtell Art Prizes over the past 12 years. In 2019 my painting was featured in the Television Series, The Block.