Woolaroc Show Catalog 2024

KATHY ELLEM WAOW SIGNATURE

KATHY ELLEM was born in 1975 and grew up on an apple orchard in Victoria, Australia, later living on remote cattle properties with her family. She began to paint seriously in 2002, struggling particularly with drawing she learned that persistence, over talent, leads to success. Kathy had been bucked off a horse as a child she had a fear of them, however the fascination with draft horses overrode the fear and now she loves them and their incredibly unique owners. Working from her own reference images with a focus on relying on the eye to blend colours to create an accurate three dimensional painting. KATHY ELLEM www.kathyellem.com

In Blondes Have All the Fun e xploring the creation of texture using palette knife and brush, leaving gems of pure pigment that visually combine from a distance is always the quest and challenge. Finding strength in the shadows is what makes the light really sing. Blondes Have All the Fun (detail)

Blondes Have All the Fun, Oil, 41” x 54” $8,000

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