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Artist’s Statement
Kieran Ingram is a classically trained figurative artist who completed his studies in Florence, Italy.
His time spent studying in Florence amongst the work of the masters has provided him with an appreciation of the role of the artist in observing and expressing the subtleties of the human form and natural landscape.Since finishing his studies Kieran has focused on a series of charcoal figure and landscape drawings. Kieran was brought up in Darlington and his landscapes reflect his love of the Perth hills.
Kieran has spent the past years travelling and painting, winning many awards. In late 2012 he spent six weeks as Fellowship Artist (a six week residency) at Ballinglen Arts Foundation in the north-west of the Republic of Ireland

Methods and Materials
Kieran prefers to work directly from life as he feels that this is the only way to truly capture the essence of his subjects. As a result he spends many hours with the model or in the landscape.
He uses sharpened French charcoal which is uniquely suited to rendering lifelike drawings with the highest level of precision and detail. The versatility of the medium means that brushes and sponges can also be deployed to great effect. The paper is a high quality handmade Italian cotton rag that is both lightweight and very robust making it ideal for detailed drawings.

His oil paintings are completed on canvas in a traditional layered manner. Impastoed lights are applied to a toned ground followed by glazing and scumbling to achieve subtle tonal and colour shifts which enhance the sense of light and space. The landscapes are often completed in a more 'impressionistic' manner better suited to conveying the mood and effect of atmosphere in natural scenes.
 

              
"Clouds at Dusk"                                   Karrianne (sitting)                        Quarry at dusk                                    Candle
Oil                                                                           Charcoal on white paper (life model)        Charcoal                                                                Oil
$1000                                                   $1500                                        $650                                                    $785

Career Highlights
Education
2007-2009    Angel Academy of Art, Florence

Exhibitions
2012
Cossack Art Awards, Shire of Roebourne
Darlington Arts Festival Exhibition, Perth
York Society Art Awards, York
Guildford Grammar Art Exhibition, Perth
Mandjar Art Award, Mandurah

2011
Mine Own Executioner - Mundaring Arts Centre
2010
Alice Bale Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne
Waterhouse Natural History Prize at the South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Variations on Theme at the Gadfly Gallery, Perth
Mundaring Shire Acquisitive Exhibition, Perth
Truth and Beauty at the Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth

2009
Mundaring Shire Acquisitive Exhibition, Perth
Angel Academy of Art Exhibition, Florence

2008
Alice Bale Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne

Scholarships and Prizes
2012
Cossack Art Awards, Emerging Artist Prize (Richest regional art prize in Australia)
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Fellowship Artist (Six week residency in the north-west of the Republic of Ireland)
York Society Art Awards, Drawing Prize

2011
Metrochurch Art Awards, People’s Choice Award
City of Stirling Art Exhibition, Highly Commended

2010
Winner: Alice Bale Prize for works in Oil or Acrylic, Melbourne
York Society Art Awards, Young Achiever Award
Waterhouse Natural History Prize, Finalist

2009
Acquired by the Mundaring Shire Collection

2008
Finalist in the Alice Bale Travelling Scholarship
Finalist in the Alice Bale Drawing Prize
Mundaring Art Scholarship

2007
Mundaring Art Scholarship
Inaugural Guildford Grammar School Art Scholarship