kerry rawlinson is the recipient of awards in the genres of poetry, flash fiction, art and photo art. An autodidact & bloody-minded optimist, she was nibbled into her current shape by a Zambian gestation & Canadian maturation.
After a long career in Architectural Technology & Design whilst raising her family, she now pursues Literature & Art’s Muses around British Columbia’s beautiful Okanagan Valley, her long-suffering husband providing comedy breaks. kerry misses Zambian storms, avocados & chicolawa, but still wanders barefoot, spending creative time and energy with her beloved grandkids, traveling & visiting snug pubs.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My creative leaning is expressionistic, exposing the battle lines of people vs place, belonging vs dislocation. I’m inspired by everything and drive people crazy with constant questioning, examining the edges & intersects of nature/construct, culture/chaos, order/anarchy, failure/success; what emerges from people, collectively, and what happens when we’ve disappeared. I’m enthralled with the gore, music, brutality & beauty of the world, the edges of which I try to decipher in my work.
In my photography practice I dabble with various digital tools to develop and move each piece wherever it leads me. I never Photoshop, and often enhance pieces with acrylics or inks. My artwork and photography is signed kRi, which was my father’s nickname for me. He, too, was a photographer, and I spent many magical hours in his darkroom while growing up.
Represented in: Gallea; Contemporary Art Online Gallery
Portrait credit: Angharad Jones Brooks