{"id":3472,"date":"2015-07-10T12:25:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T02:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2015-07-10T12:25:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T02:25:57","slug":"artchat-blog-interview-70-katherine-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3472","title":{"rendered":"Artchat [Blog Interview #70] \u2013 Katherine Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3472\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\">Artchat recently caught up with artist <a title=\"Katherine Wood Artist Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/KatherineWood.html\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Wood <\/a>before her upcoming exhibition at Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane\u00a0to find out a little more about her and her beautiful artwork.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood00.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Wood\" width=\"760\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood00.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood00-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><strong>AC: Painting from the upcoming exhibition feature a reoccurring motif of a single tree or figure? What is the significance behind this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KW: I have always used the tree as a metaphor for man, a symbol of our temporary human existence.\u00a0 The tree is now sometimes replaced more literally with the figure which have been placed in these vast \u201cmindscapes\u201d (not portraying aspects of my own life \u2013 but rather a universal) that reflect how we as individuals all inevitably have to endure our own journey. With the scale of the figure\/tree being a direct reflection of our relative insignificance.<\/p>\n<p>These landscapes are merely \u2018spaces\u2019 which have no boundaries (a relief from life\u2019s responsibilities).\u00a0The tree\/figure is placed in these spaces to provoke contemplation for the viewer to see ourselves in the \u2018cast\u2019 of life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><strong>AC: Can\u00a0you remember\u00a0your earliest motivation to pursue a career\u00a0in the arts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KW: Art has always been my greatest passion from my earliest days and I always knew it would somehow define me and be part of my career.\u00a0I took some time off after finishing my degree in Fine Arts to travel the world and explore and learn about other cultures and especially arts around the world.\u00a0Upon returning home I opened a small art gallery to promote young, contemporary artists as I was at this stage more interested in the promotional side of the industry.\u00a0I still painted in my spare time and one day put up a single work which sold within a few days. I did another work, which sold in as quick a time frame and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><strong>AC: How do you balance life, artistic career and business career?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KW:\u00a0I have been very fortunate to have an amazing husband, Duncan who is also my partner and has been with me from the very beginning of my art career.\u00a0Ultimately he is the business side and the \u2018rock\u2019 behind the work.\u00a0He is a huge driving force and support structure in everything I do and I would definitely say everything &#8216;I&#8217; have achieved is actually everything &#8216;we&#8217; have achieved. He also happens to be an incredible dad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\">I am also a big believer in perseverance and although I am still struggling with the balance of life \u2013 and sometimes find it overwhelming.\u00a0I have learnt that stepping back and away and breathing &#8230;\u00a0is what ultimately gives you energy to start again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3519\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood01.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Wood\" width=\"760\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood01.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood01-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><strong>AC: What do you consider to be your greatest achievement to date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KW: Jointly, Duncan and I have built a strong support internationally through numerous exhibitions \u2013 however there is something to be said for the journey and not the destination \u2013 and that ultimate achievement is still yet to be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>To create images, that to some, can feel a profound and mysterious presence beneath the reality of the porous surface of my work and that they are capable of \u2018changing ones emotional outlook\u2019 is extremely rewarding.\u00a0The idea that I am that little bit of time, that living history, a piece of my transferred energy in collections all over the world is an awesome feeling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><strong>AC: Where do you draw your inspiration from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KW: Painting for me has gone through various phases where initially I was compelled to reflect reality and was fundamentally interested in drawing realistic imagery in detail.\u00a0 Ultimately I have broken from that to achieve a \u2018state of consciousness\u2019 while painting and therefore my inspiration has shifted from imitating realism to an ever deepening infatuation with the technique of painting and therefore focussing on texture, the dynamic movement of the brushstroke, successive layers of oils and how light is achieved. This is more an inspiration of energy and transcendence experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><a title=\"Katherine Wood 2015 Exhibition Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/KatherineWood2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Wood<\/a> is currently on exhibition alongside two other artists<a title=\"Ken Strong Artist Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/KenStrong.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Ken Strong <\/a>and <a title=\"Adrienne Williams Artist Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/AdrienneWilliams.html\" target=\"_blank\">Adrienne Williams<\/a> at the <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a>, 61 Musgrave Road, Red Hill, Brisbane. This exhibition will continue until the 26 July, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3520\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood03.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Wood\" width=\"760\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood03.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KatherineWood03-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\n<a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a9 Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3472\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareArtchat recently caught up with artist Katherine Wood before her upcoming exhibition at Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane\u00a0to find out a little more about her and her beautiful artwork. 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