Sylvie Kettle is a young artist from the Northern Rivers, known for merging the feminine form with bold mark making and a dreamlike use of colour.
The female figure becomes an avenue to a vast garden of meaning, where we find a touching intimacy with nature and energetic expression.
Kettle continues regular life drawing sessions where she traverses the line between spontaneity and informed mark-making. This internal dialogue of polarities compels Sylvie forward in her practice, forging a deep exploration of spirit, energetic connection & light play.
Sylvie is represented by Thomgallery in her local Byron Bay, and interiors design boutique & gallery in Melbourne, Fenton&Fenton.
Sylvie Kettle
“I LOVE TO WITNESS THE UNRAVELLING OF A PAINTING. WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO SOMETHING THAT IS NEVER ATTAINABLE BUT IS MOMENTARILY EXPERIENCED. IT’S A PROCESS OF CONSTANT RUPTURE AND REPAIR, AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE PENDULUM I LEARN TO TRUST AND LET THE STROKES TAKE ME WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, AND A WILD COMMITMENT TO THE UNKNOWN. THE PICTURE PLANE BECOMES AN EXPRESSION OF THIS EXPERIENCE, NOT NECESSARILY A CONCLUSION TO IT.”
Meet Me There Acrylic on Canvas 175 x 205 cm $11,900
Two and One Acrylic on Canvas 85 x 100 cm $3,600
Blue Vessel Acrylic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $3,900
Blue Sunshine Beings Acrulic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $3,900
Desert Sleeping 1 Acrylic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $3,900
Desert Sleeping 2 Acrylic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $3,900
Sun Dancers Acrylic on Canvas 85 x 100 cm $3,600
Transit Banana Moon Acrylic on Canvas 93 x 104 cm $3,400
Human Fruit Tree Acrylic on Canvas 132 x 101 cm $4,600
Red Hot Flower Being 1 Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 125 cm $4,300