My love affair with collecting papers (especially with text) began when I was a child.
I had the wacky notion that if I carefully stored them under my bed that, by osmosis, I would learn to read. My work is all about paper(s): torn, coloured, layered every imaginable kind. Currently I am exploring painting on translucent surfaces.
Over the years I have collected scores of paper, photographs and small artifacts. What inspires me most as subject matter are everyday objects I live with and landscapes of places I’ve visited.
Born in Montreal, Canada, Halifax-based artist Kit Clarke is a graduate of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Central Technical School in Toronto and Art Institute of Chicago
Gallery
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Cosy chair by mirror 2019 Paint on Vellum
Bridge at The Point 2018 Paint on Vellum
Black Grid Window 2018 Paint on Vellum
White Chair 2018 Paint on Vellum
White Dresser 2019 Paint on Vellum
Church Boy 2014 Acrylic on canvas