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Into the Woods

Katrina O’Brien

Ink, acrylic, oil pastel + graphite on Arches paper
2023
Artwork size: 108cm H x 130cm W | Framed size: 126cm H x 148cm W
One-of-a-kind original
Float framed in Tasmanian oak with Perspex

Katrina O’Brien’s, Into the Woods, is part of her solo exhibition, Dream Letter. 

Katrina says of this work: “From the same dreamscape as my work Temple, this is the macro view of the world Temple is found in. Keeping some of the works on paper simple was a conscious choice. I tend to over-complicate everything, so learning to allow simplicity was a good challenge.”

Katrina says of this series: “Borne out of a love of text, a love of writing and a love of dreaming, Dream Letter is an idealistic notion of being able to talk to the Muse. For me, the Muse comes in many forms; whether it be nature, music, intriguing people and interactions. Each of us has different inspirations and things that spark our imagination. Sometimes we search for that muse, but sometimes it unexpectedly finds us. I am forever enchanted by the Muse and all the realms they open up for me. A good Muse opens the floodgates of words and images where dreams, landscapes, narrative and poetry flow like a river.

“The title, Dream Letter, was inspired by the album and song by Tim Buckley with the same name. The song itself is not the inspiration, but the notion of writing a song, a painting or a letter to someone who may never receive it was the fixation of these works. For Tim, it was writing to his son Jeff Buckley, who he tragically never really made an effort to be a father to. Both their lives have always fascinated me—Tim, a bad father with an amazing vocal range, Jeff his son with equally amazing vocal skills—both not wanting anything to do with the other and yet their lives mirrored each other’s in a deeply compelling way. Both had so much talent and yet crumbled under the weight of it all. I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to meet either of them. I wonder about the music they might have made if their fate had been to live on. Some of these imagined conversations play a part in my new works.”

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