Katrina Collins, Sun Day, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 75cm.
Katrina Collins, Gumnuts and Leaves, acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 60cm.
Katrina Collins
The subject of my painting has shifted from its earliest iterations as studies of the domestic and the everyday to become a distilled focus on the formalist structures of the grid and colour. In recent work I have liberated colour from subject matter so that it exists in a pure sense. I work with acrylic on canvas and board guided by an instinctive approach, informed by a lifetime of observation of colour relationships in my surroundings. Audiences respond to the way in which the colours create associations and reflect and reveal aspects of the space in which the work is displayed.
Katrina Collins, Interchange, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 75cm.
Katrina Collins, Spring Flowers, acrylic on canvas, 76cm x 76cm.
Katrina Collins, Holiday 3, acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 60cm.
Katrina Collins, Waratahs, acrylic on board, 15cm x 15cm.
Katrina Collins
Artist’s biography
With a 45-year exhibition history Katrina Collins has pursued her career as a painter at the same time as working as a Visual Arts educator.
Highlights of her career include being collected by Artbank, awarded the inaugural Emerging Women’s Art Award RAW in 2017, a Guest Judge for the RAW art prize from 2023-2026 and exhibiting her work in a wide range of contexts including several sold out shows.
Katrina holds a B(Art)Ed and Post Grad Diploma in Painting from Alexander Mackie CAE and City Art institute, (now UNSW School of Art and Design).
Katrina Collins, Tulips, acrylic on board, 15cm x 15cm.
Katrina Collins, Holiday 4, acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 60cm.
Katrina Collins, Icy Morning, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm.
Katrina Collins, Shadowland, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76cm.