Kate Trafeli: Folly and Zephyr
Colour synesthesia, new realism utilising symbols/shapes and visible brushstrokes evoke mood and narrative in Kate Trafeli's works. The fragments visible in her paintings originate out of many avenues: literature and music, architecture, symbolism, memories, place. Her practice is grounded in moments and histories from her own and others鈥� lives, expressed through abstraction and mark making. Trafeli's paintings seem familiar and yet otherworldly, with the representational components providing touchstones for the viewer while evading definite answers. The resulting 鈥榮tory-pictures鈥� create an immersive environment, a resonance between the viewer and the work.
Kate Trafeli works in colour theory and structure: how colours interact and affect one another combined with composition to make a whole that is mysterious and transporting. The artist explores how we each instinctively relate to colour and shapes strongly and individually. Using traditional media of oil and watercolour, Trafeli鈥檚 paintings trace experiences, histories, difficulties, decisions and journeys in jewell tones and a combination of the figurative and abstract.
"The marriage and dissonance of vibrant hues, shapes and composition in my paintings reflect the way I experience the world: fractured but alive with possibility. My work comes from a deep emotive place - I want the viewer to feel that, and to be drawn in."
Colour synesthesia, new realism utilising symbols/shapes and visible brushstrokes evoke mood and narrative in Kate Trafeli's works. The fragments visible in her paintings originate out of many avenues: literature and music, architecture, symbolism, memories, place. Her practice is grounded in moments and histories from her own and others鈥� lives, expressed through abstraction and mark making. Trafeli's paintings seem familiar and yet otherworldly, with the representational components providing touchstones for the viewer while evading definite answers. The resulting 鈥榮tory-pictures鈥� create an immersive environment, a resonance between the viewer and the work.
Kate Trafeli works in colour theory and structure: how colours interact and affect one another combined with composition to make a whole that is mysterious and transporting. The artist explores how we each instinctively relate to colour and shapes strongly and individually. Using traditional media of oil and watercolour, Trafeli鈥檚 paintings trace experiences, histories, difficulties, decisions and journeys in jewell tones and a combination of the figurative and abstract.
"The marriage and dissonance of vibrant hues, shapes and composition in my paintings reflect the way I experience the world: fractured but alive with possibility. My work comes from a deep emotive place - I want the viewer to feel that, and to be drawn in."
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