Kate Muir’s and Tessa Hubble’s contrasting styles and painting techniques open different windows on the passage of time for their joint exhibition at ArtSpace.
Kate Muir: Glimpse of Western Port Bay, oil on canvas
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OVER two years of travelling back and forth on the Bass Highway, Kate Muir was inspired by the swiftly passing visions of fields, cows and buildings.
She took numerous photos and has used these as a basis for her latest series, Vignettes of Rushing Time, for the Fleeting Moments exhibition. |
Fleeting Moments: Kate Muir and Tessa Hubble, ArtSpace Gallery until November 24. Free entry, daily 11am-3pm. Official opening Sunday October 19 1-3pm. All welcome. |
“I wanted to recreate vignettes I could see from the road as I whizzed past,” Kate says. “In most of the paintings I tried to capture some of the blur that gives a sense of speeding by, as well as the hidden character of some of the scenery.
Having worked as a film maker and editor, she compares her paintings to stalled movie scenes. “There’s a significance that resonates in many of the images: the rush of time in our modern lives and a vulnerability that is often ignored by so many of us.”
Kate loved to paint and draw as a child. In the past 10 years she has started to make art again, particularly drawing and painting. In 2023 she completed a diploma of art and began to paint seriously. She is intent on experimenting with colour, texture and mark-making.
Her main interest is in painting landscapes and people, not only to capture their likeness and character but also an emotional resonance.
Kate loved to paint and draw as a child. In the past 10 years she has started to make art again, particularly drawing and painting. In 2023 she completed a diploma of art and began to paint seriously. She is intent on experimenting with colour, texture and mark-making.
Her main interest is in painting landscapes and people, not only to capture their likeness and character but also an emotional resonance.
Tessa Hubble: First Blush - Cape Paterson, oil on canvas For Tessa Hubble, painting is about catching the moment before it slips away.
A traditional art training gave her the foundations, but she’s since forged her own free-flowing style marked by bold colour, quick brushstrokes and a love of texture. The looseness of watercolour has found its way into her oil painting, giving her work energy and spontaneity.
After graduating in fine arts from RMIT, Tessa won a scholarship to the Rome Art Program in 2012, soaking up the art and culture of Europe and meeting artists from around the world. The next year she set off on a solo painting trip across the UK, painting en plein air watercolours in each town.
Now based in Wonthaggi, her new series draws on the ever-shifting moods of Bass Coast.
“I’ve focused on the changing light and the creatures that live within it,” she says. “I use vibrant colours and broad brushstrokes to hold that sense of energy, to suspend a moment in time.”
A traditional art training gave her the foundations, but she’s since forged her own free-flowing style marked by bold colour, quick brushstrokes and a love of texture. The looseness of watercolour has found its way into her oil painting, giving her work energy and spontaneity.
After graduating in fine arts from RMIT, Tessa won a scholarship to the Rome Art Program in 2012, soaking up the art and culture of Europe and meeting artists from around the world. The next year she set off on a solo painting trip across the UK, painting en plein air watercolours in each town.
Now based in Wonthaggi, her new series draws on the ever-shifting moods of Bass Coast.
“I’ve focused on the changing light and the creatures that live within it,” she says. “I use vibrant colours and broad brushstrokes to hold that sense of energy, to suspend a moment in time.”