Kim Harding
Mudgee, NSW
I have been an artist my whole life. Australia, the bush and my family are what grounds me in my work
MessageBorn at the Gold Coast, QLD, Kim Harding started her life in remote, far north Queensland, the third child to a farming family. As a 4 year old girl, Kim travelled with her family to live on a remote 300,000 hectare island in the Phillippines where shoes were unheard of and study by correspondence was the only option for education. It was on this island, Kim learned to love solitude, the simple things and the importance of family. She moved back to Australia in 1981 at the age of 10 to live on a cattle and wheat station near Goondiwindi, QLD, attending boarding school until going out into the world. Kim started her art career in her first few years out of school and finally after overseas travel and marrying the love of her life, settled in NSW on a sheep property with her husband and three children. In 2021 she was able to dedicate herself to being a professional artist again and tell the simple stories of the things that have brought meaning into her life.
Statement
Kim is an Australian Visual Artist, who lives and works in her studio on-farm at Ilford, NSW with the luxury of space and light and the Australian bush. Kim is a self-trained artist and enjoys painting the simple beauty of everyday items, people and places that hold special meaning to her.
Influenced by contempory artists including Sam Michelle, Jane Guthleben, Laura White, Samantha Dennison, Cindy Rizza and the old mastersEverty Ploeg to name a few. Working primarily with oil onto canvas, Kim's work is simple and uncomplicated. She asks the viewer to enjoy the simplicity of what is before them and discover their own meaning in the memories triggered by everyday objects, family and places.
Drawing inspiration from her remote upbringing, from found objects, animals and family. Kim hopes her works spark memories of the familiar and evokes a sense of contentment and of belonging for each individual viewer.
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