Kimberley Bursic – Benzonia (osprey)

Description

I am a DC painter, printmaker, collage and book artist. I construct my art through personal stories and experiences. Each painting depicts a landscape, real or imaged, in an abstract format. The landscape is caught in a moment of great change: sinking, floating away, exploding or burning. The symbol of the house often appears in the painting, it is either caught in or the cause of the transformation. I overlay a catalog of symbols, numbers, and timelines that track and measure the changes to the landscape. The state of each landscape is a symbol of anguish, loss, frustration, longing, hope, desire. The paintings are made using a range of materials. I paint on paper or wood with watercolor, acrylic, graphite and most often collage material, such as old photographs and postcards. My paintings capture what is happening in my life at the moment it’s created; life altering moments, worries about the future and memories of the past. Kimberley Bursic 2017