Korynn Morrison

"Just for a day I would like to trade places with a single blade of grass. On top of the highest peak I would plant myself in a place of stillness. I would surrender to the energies of nature and simply be. I would have strength in my fragility knowing that in any given moment I could be whisked away, trading places with open spaces." From a very early age Korynn Morrison understood that colour filled in the blanks for the feelings she couldn’t explain. Still to this day she says that colour is often the starting point to her inspiration.

Says Morrison: “Colour speaks in many volumes and creates a variety of conversations across the surface of a painting. Colour blocking my compositions from the bones up and strategically planning how each colour communicates on top of one another has formed a methodology to bring depth and dimension to my compositions.”

Litre upon litre of paint, each colour building on the last, she forms a history upon the surface of each panel, before finally burying her entire composition beneath a thick final coat. This performative burial phase has become a ritual of Morrison’s practice. Process is the heartbeat that gives life to Morrison’s work.