Catherine Kleeli

Artist Statement

I graduated with first class honours in Fine Art in 2007 since when I have worked as a painter and printmaker alongside running my own greetings card publishing business, from which I have recently retired. 

Now concentrating on my painting practice I am focusing on my ‘Family Matters’ project, using personal cine film footage as a starting point to consider family relationships, the degeneration of memory and the powerlessness children can feel. I aim to create artworks suggestive of their filmic origins, imbued with ambiguity, anonymity and atmosphere to enable the viewer to relate to the ubiquity of growing up.

'In The Pond', Oil on Board, 27cm x 21cm
'Vanishing Act', Oil on Board, 27cm x 21cm
'Vanishing Act', Oil on Board, 27cm x 21cm
'Human Carousel', Oil on Board, 27cm x 21cm
'Human Carousel', Oil on Board, 27cm x 21cm
'Clean Sweep', Oil on Board, 27cm x 21cm
'Clean Sweep', Oil on Board, 27cm x 21cm