Cloudskater I

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By Kelly Jenkins
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49 × 49 × 3 cm

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Painted using a bold blend of heavy bodied acrylics, spray paint, acrylic marker and graphite on hand-stretched cotton canvas, this tactile work of art has also been carefully machine stitched into with intricate embroidery in golds and bright colourful hue details, which adorn the peripheries of this contemporary abstract landscape.

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Small
2023
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These bold and invigorating abstract landscape paintings are playful interpretations of positively living on the edge of our senses. They give a sensory overload of neon pinks and vivid yellows that positively invigorate the senses and enliven the soul. Teasing the outer limits of the composition are textural embroidery embellishments that subtly adorn the periphery of the painting. Painted in an almost meditative state during the artists chemotherapy treatment (for early stage breast cancer) and deliberately so at the hight of her side effects, these artworks aim to capture and portray the beautifully surreal experience of cognitive changes in memory, concentration and altered sensory experiences of daily reality and the landscape of daily life whilst living through 'chemo fog'. Jenkins refers to this state of painting as “Painting Through The Haze”. ________________________________________________________________________________________ "A cancer diagnosis, chemo and chemo fog can all feel so overwhelmingly scary and suffocating. And it can be if you let it. But I’m not letting it win that easily. I wanted to use these experiences to show how it's not as scary as you might imagine and in a strange way it can be freeing. In the height of chemo side effects, I use it to free my mind and body, to simply paint how it truly makes me feel. As form of mindfulness, I let the strange memories and visions that jump around my mind, the jolts of words from snippets from conversations, the crazy sensations of having a numb face and eyelids, hands and legs, and the shear tiredness come to the fore and direct my mark making, to create these dreamscapes that I hope will inspire other cancer warriors, and that it's ok to surrender yourself to these feelings, roll with them, use them, harness them, and you will overcome them." ________________________________________________________________________________________ These vivid and sassy abstracts also carry a beautifully positive message of strength and endurance. Their shear vibrancy fuel us with a power to strive, keep going and overcome. They visually lift us up, their balance aligns our inner energy with a positive state of well-being. Canvas size 46cm x 46cm Frame size in image 49cm x 49cm

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