Cathie and Sheet on the Rug by Keith Burt
Keith Burt's exhibition 'Repose' is a collection of studio paintings observed from life. Burt poses everything in the same place and arranges the lighting to suit. At length, he contemplates the folds and creases of a sheet laid across the floor. He finds the highlights and shadows in the breathing ribcage of his models, and mixes the perfect colours and tones that weave through a Persian rug or construct a bentwood chair. He then lays one brushstroke alongside another, piecing together a work of art. Crafting a painting.
Burt believes there may be disquiet in an empty chair and a deserted space, but there is comfort and harmony in the flowing undulations of a sheet… and a sense of calm to a model in repose.
BIO
Moving from Melbourne to Brisbane in 2008, the high contrast, bright colours and deep shadows, made an impact and inspired Keith Burt to paint. Burt has held solo exhibitions at Metro Arts, Brisbane in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and has consistently been involved in group exhibitions and art prizes. He has undertaken numerous public art commissions in Brisbane, including for the Mater Hospital, as well as completing many private portrait and landscape commissions.
Burt has twice been a finalist in the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize and was awarded the Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing for 2011.
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