ARTIST
KARLALISE HORSTMANS
ART
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* EXHIBITION *
FO GUANG YUAN ART SALON 2023
Group Show
Once again, Karlalise will be exhibiting a selection of her latest works in a group show at the Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand.
The exhibition will run between 28 October - 26 November 2023.
All artworks will be for sale.
GESTURE OF THANKS
* FUNDRAISER AUCTION *
IN THE FOLD
DPS Quiz Night Auction
IN THE FOLD will be auctioned in support of the Devonport Primary School's fundraiser Quiz Night on Saturday, 15th September 2023.
The painting is an acrylic on canvas original, signed and dated by the artist, measuring 61cm (h) x 73cm (w) x 3cm (d).
The painting will be strung to hang as is, but can also be framed at the buyer's expense.
IN THE FOLD was part of Karlalise's response to her family's return to the Devonport Peninsula during the second lockdown. She craved her connection to nature, having lived in the countryside for five years prior.
Walking the streets of Devonport, she once again became enchanted by the graceful, resilient, voluptuous beauty of the local magnolia blooms that flower here every winter.
IN THE FOLD marks her family's return to the folds of town life.
* MERIT AWARD *
MAC - WE ARE Exhibition, 2023
ARCTURUS GATEWAY GOLDEN LIGHT CODES
Acrylic on canvas, 90cm (h) x 120cm (w), 2022.
INSPIRED BY NATURE
We are inspired by the ephemeral sky, with its shifting tones and patterns, its spacious volumes and its hidden, granular layers that are revealed by various angles of light.
We are transfixed by Gaia's blooms, and the secrets they reveal by scent alone, a silent language that speaks to the heart of beauty and life itself:
Form is perfected within the architecture of an orchid;
Grace is exemplified by the unfolding petals of a magnolia; and
Pleasure is translated in the dancing petals of a gardenia.
Our palette reflects the tones and hues of the natural world, rendered in layers of sensitive application to appease our need for quiet: calm. We paint to express our deep understanding of the order of things: harmony, balance, beauty and light.