 In the Heat of the Night - Pastel - 49cm x 35cm Winning painting for the 'Caring for the Kimberley Environment' Exhibition, funded by the Federal Government under the 'Caring for Country' funding |
 Kimberley Kohan |
Kimberley Kohan
Award-winning artist, Kimberley Kohan is a Canadian-born Australian who
lives and works - and occasionally exhibits - in Perth, Western Australia.
Her art is mainly inspired by the Kimberley region of the northern parts
of that state. She lived and worked there for years and still returns
regularly.
Kimberley’s style of artwork has often been described as ‘Contemporary Realism’. While the three mediums of oil, gouache and pastel allow her to create different outcomes, the common thread through all the paintings is the richness of colour inspired by the colour of the Kimberley landscape. This region, located in the remote corner of Western Australia, was home for Kimberley for eleven years.
Kimberley is currently regularly travelling through the Pilbara region through the course of her work with the Martu people. She is hoping that the time spent in the Pilbara and the Martu people will add to her understanding and appreciation of their land. She is planning to develop a body of work over the next couple of years that she hopes will contain the same feeling and love that she has for the Kimberley landscape.