Dwell
Kait Carroll
300mm x 420mm /
Works on Paper
Dwell explores the role of the iconic Queenslander in the collective consciousness. While the world changes rapidly around us, these often-modest wooden homes are as enduring as ever. On street corners in every rural town, or nestled amongst the bush, the Queenslander remains ever present, ever unchanged and ever iconic.
Curator’s Comment
There is a good sense of architectural drawing emerging in this work, and the shadows surrounding the awnings demonstrate attention to detail in this respect. To further your practice, you could seek to further develop the organic components of the scene in terms of level of detail/depth/dimension. This may involve slowly building up thin/semi-transparent layers of detail. The artwork statement is clear, and effectively speaks to individual and collective experience and memory.
About the artist
Kait Carroll is a maximalist by nature, with a curiosity to uncover the beauty in the banal. Through her works Carroll invites viewers to look beneath the surface, explore the colours, shapes and textures of our surroundings, and seek moments of the extraordinary in our ordinary lives.