While Kerryn Fisk’s playful hand lends her female figures an innocence of form, her paintings clearly communicate an emotional depth and sense of wisdom. Though her women are front and center, peering from the canvas with an almost naïve serenity, they are “every woman” through which Fisk conveys the essence of femininity. Fisk uses rich metallic colors and thin layers of glaze that gives her work a luminous effect. She is influenced by her affection for the Spanish poet, Pablo Neruda. Figures appear against a vivid and voluminous background, offering space where the mind and spirit may roam, much as the lines of poetry lean into the open breadth of a white page.

Fisk studied painting and drawing at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, Australia. Formerly a freelance illustrator, she turned her attention to gallery exhibitions in 1996. Since then she has had several shows in Auckland, New Zealand, where she lives and works.