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Kristin Vestgard

11 July – 4 August 2018

Kindred Soul

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Kindred Soul

oil on canvas
100 x 100cm

Strings of the Heart

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Strings of the Heart

oil on canvas
70 x 70cm

Stormy Treasures

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Stormy Treasures

oil on canvas
70 x 70cm

Off the Beaten Track

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Off the Beaten Track

oil on canvas
100 x 100cm

Senses

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Senses

oil on canvas
20 x 20cm £950

After the Storm

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After the Storm

oil on canvas
40 x 30cm

Always Something

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Always Something

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm

Footprints

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Footprints

oil on canvas
40 x 30cm £1500

While it Passes

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While it Passes

oil on canvas
30 x 20cm

Young and Old

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Young and Old

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm

Kristin Vestgard – Find You

“I work intuitively, I usually have an abstract idea or an emotion that lingers with me, or it might be something I have seen somewhere; a glimpse of something that draws me in. I like playing with my figures, their faces and their bodies, the way they place themselves in an atmosphere and what they quietly speak of. This takes me on a journey and often I am not sure where my figures come from until a few years later, or why they end up like this. I keep wiping off and adding paint, keep adding marks and building layers into the final piece, until the feeling is right.
I know I don’t want anything to feel stuck or pinned down. It must be a gentle balance of being both here and not here,
fleeting but with a nerve. I gather pieces here and there bringing it all together, trying to make some sense and poetry
without words, manifesting an existence.
Putting it all into words is difficult I think; I want the viewer to bring their own stories.”
Kristin Vestgard, 2018
Kristin Vestgard was born in Norway in 1976 and studied Painting and Drawing at Nordfjord Folk High School 1995 – 96, then at Oslo Painting and drawing School 1996 – 97 and finished her studies at Falmouth College of Arts, obtaining a first class honours degree 1997 – 2000. She subsequently lived in Falmouth for a further 10 years before returning to live and work in Norway.  She has exhibited extensively across the world in USA, across the UK, Scandinavia and her work is in private collections worldwide.

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